Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to State Attorney Fee Schedule

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals rejected an attorney’s constitutional challenge to the state’s limitations on fees payable to counsel for injured workers. Case: Cleary v. Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission, No. 2220, 12/18/2017, unpublished. Facts: Thomas Cleary injured his back at work in October 2005. He hired an attorney to bring a workers’ compensation claim against his employer in 2006. In the years that followed, several disputes arose among Cleary, his employer and the employer’s comp carrier. Cleary’s attorney was able to re...