Linda L. Wilson

As a shareholder in the Workers’ Compensation Department, Linda devotes her entire practice to representing employers in workers’ compensation and unemployment matters. She also assists clients in handling matters pertaining to Medicare set-asides. Whether counseling clients, negotiating settlements or trying cases, Linda always seeks to minimize the client’s exposure/expenditures.

Linda’s extensive litigation experience began at the Delaware Department of Justice, where she prosecuted both criminal and civil matters. As a deputy attorney general, she represented various state agencies, including the Delaware Industrial Accident Board (IAB). Linda left the Department of Justice to become a workers’ compensation hearing officer. Following her appointment to that position by the Delaware Secretary of Labor, Linda provided legal counsel to the IAB, wrote its decisions and, upon stipulation of the parties, sat in place of the IAB, hearing and deciding matters. That experience gave Linda the invaluable perspective of the tribunal, which is helpful in her current practice.

Today, Linda actively appears before the IAB on behalf of employers in a variety of matters. Her experience extends to practice before the Delaware Superior and Supreme courts with regard to workers compensation appeals. Linda also appears before Delaware Unemployment Insurance Referees and the Delaware Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.

Linda received her B.S. in Economics from the University of Delaware and her juris doctor from Widener University School of Law, where she was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Honor Society. In her free time, Linda enjoys watching lacrosse and gardening.

Year joined

2002

Thought Leadership

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Ferrell v. City of Wilmington

Wilmington
Workers' Compensation
February 4, 2026
The May 2025 What’s Hot highlighted Ferrell v. City of Wilmington, 2025 WL 753378 (Del. Super Ct. Mar. 10, 2025), which addressed two incidents involving one injury, and a recurrence versus aggravation.

Delaware Industrial Accident Board Orders Claimant to Produce Expert Report on Causation in Petition to Add Body Part

Wilmington
Workers' Compensation
January 1, 2026
The claimant suffered a work-related injury to his back on January 28, 2023, resulting in the parties entering into a “Medical Only” agreement acknowledging the back injury.

TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN DELAWARE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2025

Wilmington
Workers' Compensation
December 1, 2025
1. Industrial Accident Board grants continuance but suspends temporary total disability benefits pending rescheduled hearingFortt v. Delaware Brick Company, IAB No. 1542958 (Dec. 12, 2024)

Delaware Court Affirms Denial of Seventh Back Surgery, Finding Prior Non-Compensable Procedure Broke Chain of Causation

Wilmington
Workers' Compensation
November 1, 2025
The claimant had suffered a compensable work injury to his low back in 2004. As a result, he underwent five compensable low back surgeries, all performed by Dr. Kalamchi. In 2020, Dr.

What Is a Prima Facie Displaced Worker?

Wilmington
Workers' Compensation
October 1, 2025
Over the last several years, there have not been many cases where claimants have successfully argued that they are a displaced worker prima facie, thus entitled to ongoing total disability benefits despite not being totally, medically dis What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

Classes/Seminars Taught

Advanced Workers' Compensation, Sterling Education Services