WMATA v. HEWITT

No. 1772, Sept. Term, 2002.

834 A.2d 985 (2003)

153 Md. App. 42

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. Kenneth D. HEWITT.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

October 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene I. Kane, Assistant General Counsel (Cheryl C. Burke, General Counsel, Robert J. Kniaz, Deputy General Counsel on the brief), Washington, DC, for appellant.

Eric W. Borda (James I. McAuley, Chasen & Boscolo, Chartered on the brief), Greenbelt, for appellee.

Argued before DEBORAH S. EYLER, SHARER, PAUL E. ALPERT (Retired, Specially Assigned) JJ.


SHARER, Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to construe the language of a Workers' Compensation Commission rule governing the payment of approved fees to attorneys for successful claimants. Appellant, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA"), noted an appeal from an order entered by the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission ("the Commission") awarding a penalty, as a sanction for the late payment...

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