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Pro Bono Representation for COVID-19 Exposure
If you are a healthcare worker or a public safety employee, and you were exposed to COVID-19 at work, Warnken, LLC will represent you in your COVID-19 workers’ comp case for free. We want to help. No one can do it all, but everyone can do something. This is our something. See below for the […]
Case Conclusions for February 2020
Sometimes, tradition is so important. You do something because that’s the way you always do it. Every month, I post our case conclusions from real cases. I started in May 2014 and I have done it every month. Here’s that first results post. The only reason I can even bring myself to post the results […]
Covid-19 (Corona Virus) and Workers’ Compensation
During the Corona Virus crisis, when I see that Amazon is hiring, or so and so grocery hiring, I get scared. When I see that Starbucks or Wal-Mart gave an extra few bucks an hour I know what I’m looking at – hazard pay. Plain and simple, that’s hazard pay. I’m so happy that the […]
Our Results Last Month (Jan 2020)
Warnken, LLC is proud of our results – we recovered $709,018 for the injured in January 2020. Below are some of the specifics of those results. Please remember, there are many factors that go into determining the value of a personal injury or workers’ compensation case. Our results in one case do not necessarily mean […]
New Site Page: 2020 Maryland Workers’ Comp Rates
All numbers below are for injuries occurring in 2020. For injuries in 2019, please see this page. Temporary Total Disability Temporary total disability (TTD) is the payment you are entitled to receive from the workers’ compensation insurer when you are completely unable to work. This is the workers’ compensation method of wage replacement. The rate […]
New Appellate Case – Overlap between Workers’ Comp and Medical Malpractice
Baltimore County v. Ulrich Deals with Comp and Med Mal Claimant sustained work injury and was paid benefits by Baltimore County. As a result of bad/late diagnosis, Claimant filed medical malpractice case against Concentra. Case settled in federal court. County sent lien letter to recoup payments made. Claimant agreed to repay the TTD paid […]
Average Weekly Wage Declines for 2020
Maryland Workers’ Compensation AWW Declines for First Time in More than 30 years For the first in more than 30 years, the average weekly wage used in Maryland workers’ compensation cases declined. In 2019, the average weekly wage was $1,116.00. In 2020, the new average weekly wage is $1,080.00. This is disappointing on many levels. […]
$13,228,300.35 Recovered for the Injured in 2019
Warnken, LLC recovered more than $1,802,619 for the injured in December of 2019. These recoveries were spread out across 33 separate cases. While we’re proud of our hard work and our results, the team at Warnken, LLC knows that our clients experience significant hardship and setbacks in their personal injury and workers’ compensation cases. More […]
Almost Another $1M Month. Almost
Warnken, LLC recovered $955,825.75 for the injured in November of 2019. This represented recoveries for 32 clients. Two clients received six-figure recoveries. It’s important to understand that success in one case does not necessarily mean success in another case or your case. Every situation, every personal injury or workers’ compensation case is slightly different. One […]
Another $1M Month for the Injured ($1,451,540.03 recovered last month)
Warnken, LLC recovered more than $1,451,540.03 for the injured last month. This consisted of recoveries in 39 separate personal injury cases. Four clients received six-figure recoveries for their injuries. But there are two important things to understand … 1.) six-figure recoveries almost always have six-figure injuries. Six-figure injuries are the kind of injuries that change […]