Montgomery County v. Lake

ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to interpret Md.Code Ann. Art. 101, § 56 (1957, 1985 Repl.Vol.) to allow an employer to offset one workers’ compensation award against a separate workers’ compensation award granted to an injured employee. We decline to do so.

The facts in this case were stipulated by the parties and present a chronological sketch of only the most pertinent events. Charles Lake, a Montgomery County employee, made two claims for workers’ compensation benefits. The Workmen’s Compensation Commission determined that Mr. Lake sustained a thirty percent industrial…