LeCronier v. United Parcel Service

May a claimant aggrieved by a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission seek judicial review in the circuit court for the county in which he or she is employed, in addition to the circuit courts for the counties in which he or she resides and in which the accident occurred? The Circuit Court for Baltimore City construed § 9-738 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (the “Act”), codified as Md.Code (1991, 2008 Repl.Vol.), Lab. & Empl. § 9-101 et seq., as providing that a worker cannot, and transferred the case to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. We reach the opposite conclusion.…