# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

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

#### Section 9-738

(a) This section is not subject to the provisions set forth in Sec. 6-201 of the Courts Article.

(b) To take an appeal, a person shall file an order of appeal with the circuit court for the county where:

  (1) the covered employee resides;

  (2) the employer has its principal place of business; or

  (3) the accidental personal injury, compensable hernia, or last injurious exposure to the hazards of the occupational disease occurred.

(c) If an appeal is taken to a circuit court that does not have jurisdiction, the court shall transfer the appeal to the proper circuit court on the motion of a party.

(d) If a party to an appeal suggests in writing and under oath that the party cannot obtain a fair trial in the circuit court in which the appeal is pending, the circuit court shall transfer the appeal to another circuit court.

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