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Insurance Perils For Health Providers Using 3D-Printing Tech

WEBInsurance Perils For Health Providers Using 3D-Printing Tech. Originally published by Law 360. A recent report has highlighted the burgeoning demand for medical polymers used …

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Protecting Medicare’s Interests: Resolving claims with Medicare

WEBReporting to CMS is required when the claimant is/was a Medicare beneficiary, where the claim was resolved (or partially resolved) through a settlement, judgment, award or other …

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ACCESS AND DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL AND MENTAL …

WEB1See Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen.I § 4-301 (j) (Supp. 1999) (defining “patient”). 2See id. § 4-301 (m) (defining “recipient”). 3See id. § 4-301 (c) (defining “disclosure”). 4See id. § 4 …

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Insurance Coverage/Defense

WEBSemmes’ coverage attorneys regularly represent clients in environmental and mass tort coverage litigation on both local and national levels, and we serve as both local and …

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New Federal OSHA Standards Could Impact Occupational Disease …

WEBThe Federal Government's Occupational Safety & Health Administration ("OSHA") issued proposed regulations in November of 1999 dealing with alleged repetitive motion …

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New Maryland Workers’ Compensation Legislation Goes Into Effect

WEBThis amendment to Section 9-640 of the Workers’ Compensation Act increases the cap on permanent total disability benefits that can survive to the claimant’s dependents when …

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Access And Disclosure of Medical And Mental Health Records

WEBPaper submitted by J. Snowden Stanley, Jr. at the Eastern Claims Conference, February 28, 2005 Maryland laws that provide for the confidentiality of medical records, establish …

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Good Faith Statute Requires Insurers to Make Informed

WEBMaryland's good faith statute now provides insureds with a right to file first-party claims against insurers for failure to act in good faith. Md. Code. Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 3 …

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Semmes Welcomes Attorney Christina Donald

WEBSemmes is pleased to announce that Christina M. Donald recently joined the firm’s Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Practice Group as an Associate. …

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Medical Malpractice Claim Barred by Maryland’s Statute of Repose

WEBPROC. § 5-109 (a) (1) is a statute of repose which limits the period of time in which a litigant may exercise her right to file suit, irrespective of when the injury was …

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New Sexual Orientation Law Protects More Than Just The

WEBUnder Maryland’s "new" sexual orientation legislation, codified at Md. Code 1957, Art. 49B, employers may not, in making employment decisions, discriminate on the basis of their …

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University Owed No Duty to Protect Decedent from Self

WEBIn a recent opinion, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held that a university owed no duty, under the circumstances of the case, to protect a student from …

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Government-Mandated Records And Reports: Consideration for

WEBWhether you call it document retention policy, records management, or even document destruction policy, every employer should have one. The first step in formulating any …

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Rejects General Corporate

WEBOn June 24, 2012, Antonio Johnson arrived at Queen Anne’s Hospital (“Queen Anne’s”) complaining of prolonged chest pain. Mr. Johnson told the emergency room staff that he …

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Cable Installation Technicians Deemed not to be Employees of

WEBIn this recent Memorandum Opinion, Judge J. Frederick Motz granted Comcast’s Motion for Summary Judgment in an action seeking overtime wage payments under the Fair Labor …

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Black Lung Benefits Properly Awarded Even When Disabled Has

WEBMr. Cochran worked in coal mines for at least sixteen (16) years. Over that time, he had various jobs both above and below ground. Additionally, Mr. Cochran …

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Supreme Court Finally Ends Dispute About Controversial FMLA

WEBIn Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (March 19, 2002), the Supreme Court ended the dispute over a controversial Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation that provided …

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Finds Appellant’s Brief So

WEBAppellant, Ms. Judy Kay Miskell, has filed several pro se lawsuits related to the death of her husband against appellee, Alan Rohrer, M.D., and various other individuals. Ms. …

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