King v. McClanahan

Alleging total disability, on account of injuries received on July 5, 1924, in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment as a carpenter by the defendant McClanahan, plaintiff sues McClanahan and his insurer the Maryland Casualty Company, in solido, for $18.00 per week for 400 weeks as compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, Act No. 20 of 1914 as amended by Act 43 of 1922.

Plaintiff’s foot and ankle were hurt when he fell on a concrete floor from a scaffold, a heavy plank and two men falling also and landing on his ankle.

The district judge awarded plaintiff…