Mayor & City Council of Cumberland v. Beall

CATHELL, Judge.

The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland and its insurer, Hartford Accident & Indemnity (hereinafter appellants), appeal a decision of the Circuit Court for Allegany County finding that the appellants were estopped from applying the statute of limitations as a bar to appellee Walter Beall’s attempt to modify a workers’ compensation award by filing a claim for additional compensation more than five years after the last compensation payment under the award. They also appeal the trial court’s determination that the claim was timely made.

At the pertinent time, Article 101, section…