YELTON v. HIGGINS

No. 297, September Term, 1971.

13 Md. App. 599 (1971)

284 A.2d 857

JANET LEE YELTON v. REXTER C. HIGGINS ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Johnson, with whom was T. Bryan McIntire on the brief, for appellant.

W. Kennedy Boone, III, Special Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and W. Edward Plitt on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before ORTH, POWERS and GILBERT, JJ.


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

Louie Dean Yelton (decedent) died on November 10, 1969, as a result of injuries received by being struck on the head by a falling tree limb. He left surviving him a widow and three minor children.

In due time, a claim was filed with the Workmen's Compensation Commission against the appellee, Rexter C. Higgins (Higgins), alleging that decedent's death arose from an accidental injury occasioned in the course of...

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