Maryland Casualty Co. v. Guzman

SMITH, Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation ease, in which Arturo Guzman was the employee, the Corpus Christi Warehouse & Storage Company the employer, and Maryland Casualty Company the insurer. The action was brought by Adelina Guzman as the common-law wife of the employee, to recover compensation for his death occasioned by alleged accidental injuries sustained by him in the course of his employment. Adelina Guzman recovered, and the casualty company has appealed.

Guzman’s death occurred within forty minutes after the term of his employment began. He was thirty-one years of age at the…