Clauss v. Board of Education

The question in this case is whether an employee of the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County, engaged in extra-hazardous work for which he was paid a weekly salary of §30, is entitled to compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law for accidental personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. All of the issues involved were decided in his favor by the Accident Commission. On appeal to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, the case was heard before the court without a jury, and all the issues submitted as between the claimant and the Board of Education, were…