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

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

   1. (1) the covered employee resides;
   2. (2) the employer has its principal place of business; or
   3. (3) the accidental personal injury, compensable hernia, or last injurious exposure to the hazards of the occupational disease occurred.
3. (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.
4. (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.

Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2; Acts 1991, c. 21, § 5. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 256, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, c. 257, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.

Formerly Art. 101, § 56.