Patapsco & Back Rivers Railroad v. Davis

This is an appeal from a judgment reversing the action of the State Industrial Accident Commission, (the Commission) , and awarding Workmen’s Compensation.

Although the injury occurred on August 5, 1950, and appellee did not return to work until February 19, 1951, he did not file his claim until January 31, 1952. Code, 1951, Article 101, Section 38, bars the filing of a claim for Workmen’s Compensation after one year from the beginning of disability, “unless it shall be established that failure to file such claim was induced or occasioned by fraud, or by facts and circumstances amounting to an…