Perdue v. Brittingham

This is an appeal by the employer and the insurer (appellants) in a workman’s compensation case. The claimant (appellee) is the widow of the employee, George Robert Brittingham, who was killed on October 23, 1943. The commission’s order, affirmed in the lower court, awards the claimant compensation “for the use and benefit of her infant daughter.”

The employer carried on business as W. F. Perdue Trucking Company. He operated several trucks. The employee had been employed by him as a truck driver about four months. The employer, the employee and his wife and parents all lived in Wicomico…