# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 7. Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals

#### Section 9-715

(a) The Commission may conduct an investigation in the manner that the Commission finds best to:

  (1) determine the substantial rights of each party; and

  (2) carry out justly the spirit of this title.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Commission is not bound by:

  (1) any common law or statutory rule of evidence; or

  (2) any formal or technical rule of procedure.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)