Worker's Disability Retirement Benefits Can't Be Offset From Comp Benefits

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that a former school teacher’s workers’ compensation benefits were not subject to an offset for the disability retirement benefits she was receiving through the state retirement and pension system for a different disabling condition. Case: Kinna v. Board of Education Baltimore County, No. 0337, 09/15/2017, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Keavy Kinna worked as a teacher for the Board of Education of Baltimore County. In July 2014, Kinna filed an application for disability retirement benefits because of fibromyalgia. The...