SUPERIOR BUILDERS, INC. v. BROWN

[No. 54, October Term, 1955.]

208 Md. 539 (1956)

119 A.2d 376

SUPERIOR BUILDERS, INC. ET AL. v. BROWN ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. McCusker, Special Attorney for the State Accident Fund, with whom were C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, and U. Theodore Hayes, Special Attorney, on the brief, for the appellants.

Paul Berman and Harry S. Swartzwelder, Jr., with whom were Theodore B. Berman and Sigmund Levin on the brief, 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 October 3, 1952, Carlin C. Matthews, of Baltimore, who was employed as a painter by Superior Builders, Inc., was injured by a fall from a ladder in the course of his employment and died on the same day as a result of his injuries. Claims for compensation were filed with the State Industrial Accident Commission by his sister, Missouri Brown, and her three infant children, and by his half-sister, Fairy Snow.

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