Workers’ compensation occupational diseases
Occupational diseases are conditions that are caused by exposures over time at the workplace. These exposures may be repetitive tasks leading to occupational injuries, chemicals or toxins leading to cancers and other illnesses or uniquely stressful conditions that lead to hypertension, heart disease or posttraumatic stress disorder. Occupational disease claims can be among the most medically complex claims in workers’ compensation. Our team has developed a keen understanding of the medical literature and issues in every type of occupational disease claim and have taken many claims to the Maryland appellate courts to establish the right to compensation for Maryland employees.
Public Safety Employees
– Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
– Cumulative Trauma Orthopedic Cases (knees, shoulder, spine, etc.)
– Cancers (lung, prostate, colorectal, brain, breast, testicular, multiple myeloma, rectal, throat, non-hodgkins lymphoma, leukemia)
– Heart Diseases and Conditions, Hypertension and Lung Disease
– Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Non-Public Safety Employees
– Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
– Cumulative Trauma Orthopedic Cases (knees, shoulder, spine, etc.)
– Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)