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HOOD v. ALLTRISTA CORP.

No. 0571, Sept. Term, 2001.

792 A.2d 1179 (2002)

143 Md. App. 124

Nancy HOOD, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Ann Ibrahim, et al., v. ALLTRISTA CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Glazer, Baltimore, for appellant.

George W. Elder (Law Offices of Joseph M. Jagielski, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before JAMES R. EYLER, ADKINS, WILLIAM W. WENNER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

ADKINS, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the Workers' Compensation Commission (the "Commission") has authority to award attorney's fees for work performed on behalf of a claimant who had no dependents and died while her claim for permanent disability was pending. We shall affirm the decisions of the Commission and the circuit court that neither a posthumous award of permanent disability nor an award of attorney's fees was possible in these circumstances...

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