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The Elements of the Offenses in the Charges Against the Officers in Freddie Gray’s Death
Second degree depraved heart murder is killing a person when exercising an extreme disregard for human life, also known as a wanton and willful disregard for human life. (30-year felony) Involuntary manslaughter is killing a person when exercising a wanton and reckless disregard for human life. (10-year felony) Second degree assault is causing offense contact […]
March Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation Cases
Below is a sampling of our March workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. To learn more about our workers’ compensation practice, click here. To learn more about our personal injury practice, click here. Injury: Right foot and ankle pain with peroneal tendinitis and right posterior hip pain in the SI region Body Part: Right […]
Workers’ Compensation Statistics and Trends
Every year, the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission publishes an annual report. In carefully looking at the report, much can be gleaned. Workers’ Compensation Claims From 2008 to 2009, the Workers’ Compensation Commission saw a 5.9 % drop in the total number of filed claims. The total number of filed claims did not return to the […]
Last Month’s (Feb 2015) Workers’ Comp Cases
Warnken, LLC’s workers’ compensation settlements for last month. Injury: Chronic PTSD and depressive disorder Body Part: Psychiatric Amount: $25,000.00 Claimant experienced significant depression and PTSD after an exceedingly traumatic situation at work. He has permanent work restrictions and psychiatric conditions as a result of the incident and will require continued care. Claimant settled the case […]
A Statistical Analysis of Maryland Workers’ Comp Claims in Response to ProPublica and NPR’s Workers’ Compensation Piece
Virtually no one calls attention to the plight of injured workers in America. So when ProPublica and NPR did an in-depth quantitative and qualitative article on workers’ compensation last week, I was pleased. The article highlights how devastating – and how devastatingly unfair – workers compensation is in America. The story describes injured workers who […]
She’d Never File for Workers’ Compensation
A good friend of mine has told me, multiple times, that she’d never file for workers’ compensation under any circumstances. No matter what. Funny thing is, she interacts with workers’ compensation clients for a living. She goes to their homes, looks at their injuries, talks to them about their pain, hears the stories of struggle […]
It Ends with a One-Line Whimper
In Maryland, law enforcement officers can simply follow you around and analyze any DNA you discard. They don’t need your permission. They can have it when you get a drivers license. They can have it at a toll booth. They can have it when you touch that. Or that. Or that. The Court of Appeals […]
Someone will literally give you $815,000
Byron L. Warnken testified in Annapolis today on SB 0479. In essence, the major function of the bill serves to create a new class of catastrophic injury, for which the noneconomic damages cap will be increased. If the defendant’s negligence is deemed to have caused this particular class of injury, the non-economic damages cap is […]
January 2015 Workers’ Compensation at Warnken, LLC
January 2015 was a slow month for workers’ compensation cases closing at Warnken, LLC. You can see the specifics below. However, Warnken, LLC opened 15 new cases during the month. Number of cases wasn’t the big news in Warnken, LLC’s workers’ compensation department. The big news was Dayna Kipnis joining the firm. Before representing claimant’s at […]
Caption this Photo: Byron L. Warnken and the Governor
Firm founder, of counsel attorney, Byron L. Warnken with new Maryland Governor, Larry Hogan. “Trust me Gov, the crab dip is outstanding! I’ve had five bowls!”
