Swedo v. W.R. Grace & Co.

When a worker in Maryland suffers an accidental injury that results in a permanent partial disability, his or her award is expressed by a number of dollars per week for a fixed number of weeks. For instance, the injured worker who brings this appeal was initially granted an award by the Maryland Worker’s Compensation Commission (the “Commission”) of $234 per week for 200 weeks. If a petition for judicial review had not been filed, the worker would have received a total of $46,800 ($234 x 200).

In this case, however, the injured worker filed a petition for judicial review in the Circuit Court…