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IN THE MATTER OF JOSEPH CONRAD
Workers’ compensation — Death benefits — Dependency status This case arises from an award by the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission (the “Commission”) of partial death benefits to appellant, Janet Conrad, as a dependent of her late husband, Joseph Conrad, who was an employee of Montgomery County, Maryland (the “County”). Read the opinion
IN THE MATTER OF HAYFORD AMEY
Worker’s compensation — Course of employment — Lunch break This is a workers’ compensation case about a bus driver who was hit by a car while crossing the street on the way back to work after eating lunch. Read the opinion
IN THE MATTER OF KEITH DIEHM
Worker’s compensation — Post traumatic stress disorder — Statute of limitations Keith Diehm was a police officer for the Montgomery County Police Department. While working between 2005 and 2015, Diehm witnessed several incidents involving grave injuries and multiple fatalities. The most significant of these events occurred in March 2012, in which three adolescents burned to [&hel[...]
IN RE: ST. ANDREWS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ET AL.
Worker’s compensation — Statute of limitations — Request for further compensation This is an appeal from an on-the-record petition for judicial review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (“the Commission”). Read the opinion
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF CYNTHIA RICHARDSON
Worker’s compensation — Maximum medical improvement — Burden of production In 2015, Cynthia Richardson, appellant, was injured on the job while working as a correctional officer for Baltimore City Detention Center. In 2017, the Workers’ Compensation Commission awarded her permanent partial disability benefits for her injury. Two years later, Richardson sought authorization for [...]
BETH BOWINS v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, et al.
Worker’s compensation — Causation — Knee replacement surgery Appellant, Beth Bowins, appeals an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Commission erred as a matter of law when it authorized knee replacement surgery without a sufficient medical opinion that the surgery was causally related to her 2013 work injury. […]
CHARLES D. CONLEY, ET AL. V. TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY T/U/O AND T/O/U MARS SUPER MARKETS, INC.
Worker’s compensation — Third-party claim — Effect of settlement This case stems from an on-the-job injury in which Charles Conley (“AppellantEmployee”) was injured due to the negligence of a third-party tortfeasor. The injury occurred while Appellant-Employee was working for Mars Supermarkets, Inc. (“Employer”). Read the opinion
ALLIED PROPANE, ET AL. v. JAMES H. CORDER
Worker’s compensation — Motion to exclude testimony — Treating physician Allied Propane and The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (collectively “Allied”) appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cecil County, the Honorable William W. Davis, Jr., presiding, in favor of James H. Corder. Allied presents two issues on appeal. Read the […]
BRENT SHARP v. STATE OF MARYLAND, ET AL.
Worker’s compensation — Statute of limitations — Actual knowledge This appeal has its genesis in a workers’ compensation claim filed by Brent Sharp, appellant, against the State of Maryland (“Employer”) and the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (“Insurer”), appellees. On December 13, 2019, Sharp filed a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Commission (“Commission”[...]
JAMES A. CALDWELL, v. LIBERTY INSURANCE CORP., et al.
Worker’s compensation — Essentially de novo trial — Verdict sheet This appeal arises from the verdict of a Washington County jury tasked with the review of two orders from the Workers’ Compensation Commission (“the Commission”). The orders involved two claims that James A. Caldwell (“Caldwell”), a former employee of Volvo Powertrain of North America (“Volvo”), [&hel[...]
CHASE MONTGOMERY v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE
Worker’s compensation — Employer’s motion to reopen case — Finality of commission’s denial of motion Chase Montgomery, a Baltimore City police officer, filed a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Commission seeking compensation for an injury he sustained when he stepped out of his patrol vehicle, lost his balance, and hit his head on the vehicle. […]
N & J EXCAVATING, ET AL. v. DUSTIN SHELOR
Worker’s compensation — Permanent total disability — Sufficiency of evidence This case arises out of a workers’ compensation claim filed by Dustin Shelor, appellee, against his employer, N&J Excavating, appellant. N&J Excavating’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, NGM Insurance Company, is also an appellant. 1 On December 27, 2013, Shelor suffered an accident[...]
