BUZYNSKI v. COUNTY OF KNOX


188 A.2d 270 (1963)

Harriette M. BUZYNSKI, Ida C. Ross v. COUNTY OF KNOX and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (two cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

February 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Nichols, Camden, Christy C. Adams, Rockland, for plaintiffs.

Robert W. O'Connor, Augusta, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN, SIDDALL and DUBORD, JJ.


WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

These complaints for declaratory judgments are reported to us on agreed facts. The prime issue is whether the employer or compensation carrier is subrogated under the Workmen's Compensation Act to an action under the Death Act or Lord Campbell's Act. For convenience the cases were consolidated for argument.

On Labor Day 1959 Frank Ross, Jr. and Frank J. Buzynski, deputy sheriffs in the County of Knox, were killed in an automobile...

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