Injured Workers' Insurance Fund v. Subsequent Injury Fund

This consolidated appeal arises from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (“Commission”) in two separate cases concluding that, pursuant to Md.Code (1991, 2008 RepLVol.), Labor & Employment Article (“LE”), employers must compensate appellee, the Subsequent Injury Fund (“SIF”), a 6.5% assessment based on the Commission’s entire award to the employee, not merely the amount payable after any offsets for retirement benefits. The employer in the first case, appellant, Maryland Transit Administration (“MTA”), 1 filed a petition for judicial review of the Commission’s decision regarding…