Kauffman Construction Co. v. Griffith

Elijah Griffith was a foreman employed by the Kauffman Construction Company, of Denton, Maryland. While engaged in work on the Piney Neck Road in Kent County on August 3rd, 1925, he claimed to have received an injury which set in motion and aggravated an old heart trouble. He died on March 13th, 1926. Carrie Griffith, his widow and claimant, contends that he died as the result of the alleged injuries, while the employer and the State Accident Fund, insurer, contend that he died a natural death caused by valvular heart trouble of years’ duration, unaffected by any accident, and contend there…