Hollingsworth v. Severstal Sparrows Point, LLC

This workers’ compensation case between an injured worker’s daughter, Heather Hollingsworth (“Appellant”), and the worker’s former employer, Severstal Sparrows Point, LLC, and employer’s insurer, Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (“Appellees”), involves a dispute over survival of benefits in which we must decide which of two provisions— § 9-632 or § 9-640 — in the Labor and Employment Article applies. The Appellant seeks to collect benefits under the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act, Md. Code (1991, 2008 Repl. Vol.), §§ 9-101-9-1201 of the Labor and Employment Article (“LE”)…