Fox v. Stanish

Deen, Chief Judge.

1. The Workers’ Compensation Act as first adopted and as it appeared in the Code of 1933, gave an option to both the employer and employee to reject its provisions, and former Code § 114-201 provided that the parties were presumed to have accepted the provisions of the Act unless notice as therein specified was given to the contrary. The present Code §§ 114-110, 114-111 on the contrary create a conclusive presumption of coverage unless otherwise specifically provided in the Act. Further, the original provision that an employer not operating under the Act was liable to an…