DeBusk v. Johns Hopkins Hospital

KARWACKI, Judge.

Under the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act, an employee accidentally injured on the job must file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits within two years of the date of “the accidental personal injury” or any claim arising out of that injury is completely barred. In the case before us, petitioner contends that the statutory language “accidental personal injury” should be interpreted as the date the petitioner knew or should have known that she had a compensable injury. We disagree. The two-year workers’ compensation statute of limitations on claims for accidental…