Keahey v. Dunagan

In the early morning hours of June 3,1975, a car driven by Billy Avon Dunagan (appellee), in which Jo Ann Keahey (appellant) was a passenger, collided with a tree in Chevy Chase, Maryland, causing substantial injuries to Ms. Keahey. Claiming that she was, at the time of the accident, in the employ of Mr. Dunagan or his company, Ms. Keahey filed a claim under the California Workmen’s Compensation Act, and ultimately collected $30,000 under a compromise agreement approved by that State’s Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. She also sued Mr. Dunagan in tort in the Circuit Court for Montgomery…