Edith A. Anderson Nursing Homes, Inc. v. Walker

The corporate appellant is a nursing home at which the appellee, an experienced practical nurse, was injured while wheeling her patient in a wheel chair. Appellee’s claim for workmen’s compensation was denied by the Commission, which held she was not an employee at the time of the injury, and granted by Judge Allen on appeal, sitting without a jury in the Baltimore City Court, who held that she was.

Mrs. Alexander Whitney, who had had a stroke, was an invalid patient in the Home. Her nephew, George Penniman, who was familiar with her financial and personal affairs, visited her daily. He asked…