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2021
April
Case Update: Court of Special Appeals Clarifies Which Commission Decisions Are Subject to Judicial Review
March
District of Columbia Enacts COVID-19 Emergency Legislation Impacting Workers' Compensation.
2020
December
Case Update: Recent Court of Appeals Decision on Employment Relationship
October
Case Update: Court of Appeals Holds Date of a Claimant's Retirement is the Time of Last Exposure to Industrial Noise
September
Case Update: Maryland Court of Appeals Adopts Daubert Standard for Admitting Expert Testimony in Rochkind v. Stevenson.
August
Case Update: CSA clarifies meaning of "paramedic" for purposes of LE ยง9-628; holds that EMT's qualify as public safety employe
June
Case Update: Claimant's hernia not compensable as an occupational disease under Maryland Workers' Compensation Act.
May
Case Update: Court of Appeals finds that Employee's settlement of his claims does not extinguish dependents' claims for death
April
Case Update: CSA holds Circuit Court did not err in granting non-appealing party's request for an essential trial de novo and
Case Update: CSA holds that a Claimant's salary at the time of his retirement shall be used to calculate the LE 9-503(e)(2) of
March
Case Update: Court of Special Appeals Holds that Obtaining a Medical Evaluation of Permanent Impairment Is Not a Prerequisite
February
Case Update: Employer Has No Subrogation Claim Against Settlement Paid By Negligent Provider
2019
December
Case Update: Recent Decision on Employment Relationships and Employer's Liability
November
Case Update: Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
October
Case Update: Requests for Modification
Case Update: Settlement Agreements and Death Benefits
Case Update: Going and Coming Rule
Case Update: Degenerative Knee Tears Not Ruled Out as an Occupational Disease
Case Update: In the Course of Employment > Employee's Home as a Work Site
2015
February
2015 Maryland Workers' Compensation Rates
HMM welcomes John Rufe to our firm!
2014
November
appellant in a de novo workers' compensation jury trial is not required to move the Commission decision into evidence.
HMM welcomes Kelly D. Fato to our firm!
September
2014 Maryland Workers' Compensation Rates
January
Case Update: Documentation Required for Medical Mileage Reimbursement
D.C. Update- Calculation of Average Weekly Wage Includes Housing Allowance
Case Update: Maryland Court Declines to Rule on Forum non Conveniens
2013
December
Case Update
November
Case Update: Timely Filed Wrongful Death Cause of Action Is Not Barred by Deceased's Failure to File a Medical Malpractice Cla
Case Update: Court Determines Claimant Is Not Entitled to Receive TTD Payments After Reaching Maximum Medical Improvement
Case Update
Case Update: The Interplay Between the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute and State Workers' Compensation Laws
Case Update- Insurance Carrier Must Be Disclosed to Jury When Carrier Is A Party To The Proceedings
October
Case Update: MD Standard for Admissibility of Expert Testimony
Case Update: The Medicare Secondary Payer Statute and State Workers' Compensation Laws
Case Update: Insurer Not Obligated to Pay Underinsured Motorist Benefits When Workers' Compensation Lien Exceeds Judgment Bala
Case Update: Maryland Tenant Does Not Have a Duty to Protect Landlord's Property Against the Unforeseeable Criminal Actions of
August
U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Cir.) Finds No Duty of Good Faith Owed by Insurance Company to It's Insured Who Files an Uninsured
Civil Case Update
Curry v. Trustmark Ins. Co., (Maryland District Court, July 15, 2013)
July
Update: Workers' Compensation Commission Revises Procedural Regulations
New Case Update: Calculation of Employer and Insurer's Credit Upon Modification of a Compensation Award
New Case Update:
March
Civil Case Update-When a Transfer of Venue is not an Abuse of Discretion
January
New Case Update-Federal Jurisdiction When Maryland Contact Insignificant
2012
December
2013 Workers' Compensation Rates-Effective January 1, 2013
Civil Case Update-Capping Damages in Survival and Wrongful Death Actions
Civil Case Update-How to Demand a Jury Trial
October
Employer Issues: Volume 3-Where a Corporate Parent May be Found Liable for a Subsidiary's Actions
Insurer Issues: Volume 1-What is a Good Faith Attempt to Settle?
Change in WCC Regulation-Average Weekly Wage
September
New Case Update-Can Payments by the SIF be Accelerated by a Lump Sum Settlement?
August
New Case Update-Washington Redskin Tom Tupa - Maryland Jurisdiction and a Closer Look at Compensability for Inherently Dangero
Employer Issues: Volume 2 - When are Employers Vicariously Liable for Employee Actions on Their Premises?
Employer Issues: Volume 1 - Are Severance Payments a Wage?
July
Case Update - Dual Benefits to Spouse of Deceased Firefighter Not Allowed Due to Timing of Amendment of Statute
Case Update - Loss of Ability to Work Overtime Is a Loss of Wage Earning Capacity
Case Update - Act of Third Party Not Compensable if Not Within Scope of Employment
Case Update - Employer Negligence Standard under Federal Employees' Liability Act
New Case Update - Withdrawl of Accopmanying Issues is Withdrawal of Petition to Reopen
New Liability Case Update - Employer Liability for Employee's Motor Tort
New Case Update - Supervisor Not Immune from Liability when Acting as Co-Employee, Not Performing Nondelegable Duty
May
New Case Update - Subsequent Injury at Work Hardening Facility Not Compensable
April
2012 Workers' Compensation Rates - Effective January 1, 2012
February
New Case Update - No Exception to Going and Coming Rule in Motor Vehicle Accident
January
Pharmaceutical Fee Schedule - Public Hearing Scheduled
2011
December
2 Cases: Duty to Defend and Indemnify for Preparing Workers' Compensation Insurance Applications and Board of Education Emplo
Workers' Compensation Commission No Longer Exclusive Remedy for Negligent Retention/Hiring
September
2011 HMM Workers' Compensation Seminar- October 27, 2011
2011 Workers' Compensation Commission Regulatory Changes
2010
December
Workers' Compensation Rates for 2011 - Effective January 1, 2011
November
Recent Decisions in Maryland Workers' Compensation
October
HMM Crab Feast Scheduled for 10/14/2010 is Cancelled
September
HMM 2010 ANNUAL CRABFEAST
August
New Maryland Workers' Compensation Cases
June
STATUTORY EMPLOYER ONLY LIABLE IF INJURED WORKER IS A "COVERED EMPLOYEE"
May
Vocational Rehabilitation Regulations Effective April 19, 2010
April
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