Winters v. Payne

Whether the claimant, Bertrand P. Payne, was a “casual employee” within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Md. Code, Art. 101, § 67 (3), 1 and, thus, excluded from its benefits, is the single issue presented in this appeal. The Workmen’s Compensation Commission ruled that he was not a casual employee and this determination was affirmed by Judge H. Kenneth Mackey, sitting in the Circuit Court for Cecil County.

At the hearing before the Commission on June 12, 1970, the employer, Walter Winters, who was uninsured, testified that during the years 1967 and 1968 he engaged, on a…