Molony v. Shalom Et Benedictus

Md. Ann. Code art. 101, § 39 (a) provides that the failure of an employee to file his claim for workmen’s compensation benefits within two years from the date of the compensable accident "shall constitute a complete bar to any claim under [the Workmen’s Compensation law].” Appellant missed the deadline by 17 days; the accident occurred February 10, 1971, but his claim was not filed until February 27, 1973. Thus, the Workmen’s Compensation Commission and, on appeal, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, rejected his claim.

Appellant seeks relief from this "complete bar” by interposing the…