Johnson v. Miles

This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, affirming a decision of the State Industrial Accident Commission awarding compensation to the widow and dependent minor children of a deceased employee under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Code, 1939, Art. 101, sec. 1 et seq. The decedent, Otho Miles, was killed when a truck driven by his employer, in which he was a passenger, was struck by a railroad train on February 5, 1945. It is conceded that his death arose out of and in the course of his employment. On June 27, 1945, an action at law was instituted on behalf of…