Champness v. Glenn L. Martin Co.

This is a case arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The question is whether there was enough evidence to justify the uninstructed submission to the jury of the issue whether the claimant filed his claim within the time required by law. The State Industrial Accident Commission found he did not so file, and, on appeal, the judge sitting in the Superior Court of Baltimore directed the jury to answer the issue “no,” and affirmed the ruling of the Commission. The claimant appeals here.

The claimant was employed at the Glenn L. Martin Company plant at Middle River. In 1943 he was there…