Category: Workers’ Compensation

Some commonly asked questions about workers' compensation in Maryland include wondering how long the claim will take to process when you need to go to a hearing and what to do if there is missing information on your paperwork. Normally, when you send in a claim for a 

Maryland treasurer, Nancy Kopp, has recently come under fire after auditors found problems with how her department's handling workers compensation insurance payments and claims. The Office of Legislative Audits reviewed how the Maryland State Treasurer's Office was handling state employees' worker's compensation claims and found $268 million in discrepancies.

In a neighboring state of Maryland's, seven construction workers were injured on the job in two different scaffolding collapse accidents last month. One of the incidents occurred at a moving company and the other occurred at the construction site of a hotel. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the...

A 43-year-old man was recently convicted in criminal court for endangering a child through asbestos exposure. The man was found guilty of not providing his teenage employee with protective clothing while the child removed and disposed of asbestos materials. It is certainly hoped that the teenager does not contract any kind of...

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals recently made a ruling involving the case of a worker who was on a dance floor at a club when he lost his footing, fell to the floor and sustained an injury to his pelvis. According to the ruling, he should be entitled to 

According to the United States Army, it is investigating an incident that killed one of its civilian employees in Maryland. The victim of the accident was a 61-year-old man who was operating a riding lawnmower at the time of the workplace accident. The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 on a recent Tuesday...

It's not too often that you get to hear good news about someone who has come back from a workplace injury, but this story is about a man who has done just that. If you're a veteran from Maryland, then this may sound familiar; the man was injured during his time in...

Workers' compensation, which you can apply for in Maryland if you're injured on the job, is vital for situations like this one, where a man has suffered pain and injuries from a chainsaw. This man that was injured on the job has been called "lucky" and "blessed" just to be...

If you're hurt at work, you know the importance of seeking the right medical attention. The last thing you'll want to have to do is wonder how you'll pay for the time you have to miss from work or how you'll afford ongoing medical treatments. In cases where correctional officers were 

Work accidents happen, even sometimes when all the best safety procedures happen. What you want, most likely, is to be sure that you'll receive the money and medical treatment needed without difficulty. If you're injured on the job in Maryland, you may be interested in this news about doctors who...