Subsequent Injury Fund v. Chapman

This appeal in a Workmen’s Compensation case presents the question whether an award for permanent total disability payable out of the Subsequent Injury Fund survives to a widow upon the death of her claimant husband from a cause not related to the accident which caused the total disability.

The pertinent facts are these: A jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City found that Henry Chapman, the deceased husband of Katherine Chapman, was permanently and totally disabled as a result of the combined effects of a pre-existing condition and a subsequent accidental injury sustained by him…