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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summary Williams v. Morgan State Univ. Maryland Supreme Court Misc. No. 9, September Term, 2023 Md. LEXIS 339 Decided: August 14, 2023 Maryland’s waiver of sovereign immunity for tort actions held not to extended to federal statutory claims. Background Plaintiff originally filed a Complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary Gonzales v. GrubHub Holdings, Inc. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia No. 23-cv-1650 Decided: September 14, 2023 In wage dispute, an employee’s agreement to a digital employment contract was sufficient to make an arbitration provision enforceable. Background From 2018 through 2021, Plaintiff performed deliveries for Defendant… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Virginia Case Summary City-to-City Auto Sales, LLC v. Harris Virginia Court of Appeal No. 0728-22-2 Decided: August 29, 2023 The right to arbitration can be implicitly waived if not raised timely. Background In August 2020, Defendant Harris, went to Plaintiff City-to-City Auto Sales to discuss purchasing a truck. He informed City-to-City that… read more

TT&H attorney Marc Aoun recently persuaded an Allentown Workers’ Compensation Judge to dismiss a Claim Petition as untimely filed. The claimant filed a Claim Petition in January 2023 alleging that he developed an occupational disease, with a date of injury of February 5, 2018. The claimant was provided an opportunity to testify so that it… read more

TT&H Attorneys Marc Aoun, Joseph Shields, and John Morgan recently obtained a favorable outcome from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. The claimant’s benefits were modified from total to partial pursuant to an impairment rating evaluation (IRE) performed pursuant to Act 111. The legislature passed Act 111 to reinstate the IRE process after the court held… read more