Q: My employer filed an appeal, now I have to go to Circuit court. What can I expect from that?
Company originally tried to make this a VA. case although im a multi state driver they lost jurisdiction to MD. In feb. Now they filed an appeal
A: Now that an appeal has been filed the case will get much more involved. There will be a discovery period where the Employer Attorney will be able to ask you written questions to which you must respond. The employer will be entitled to review documents that they were not able to review before the appeal. The employer attorney may also choose to conduct a deposition. This would require you to undergo verbal questions under oath and in person. This may be well in the future so don't be alarmed if you have not heard from your attorney about this discovery period. After discovery you will go to a mediation which is a good time for all parties to get together and attempt to resolve the differences. Sometimes sitting down and discussing what every party wants is a good way to iron out the true discrepancies. Subsequent to the mediation a pretrial conference with a judge will be set. This is one last time to resolve the case prior to trial being scheduled. Thereafter trial will take place. Depending on the jurisdiction this entire process could take many months or over a year.
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