HAVRE DE GRACE FIREW'KS CO. v. HOWE

[No. 63, October Term, 1954.]

206 Md. 158 (1955)

110 A.2d 666

HAVRE DE GRACE FIREWORKS COMPANY ET AL. v. HOWE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. McCusker, Special Attorney for the State Accident Fund, with whom were Edward D.E. Rollins, Attorney General, Harry A. Cole, Special Attorney, and A. Freeborn Brown, on the brief, for the appellants.

J. Howard Holzer and Paul J. Yeager for the appellees.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

On January 16, 1953, Jack Charles Howe, an employee of Havre de Grace Fireworks Company, Inc., was injured in an explosion in the course of his employment and he died four days later as a result of his injuries. Claims were filed with the State Industrial Accident Commission by his widow, Minnie P. Howe, who was his second wife, and by three infant children by his first wife.

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