Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc. v. Bishop

This appeal is from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City affirming an order of the State Industrial Accident Commission awarding compensation to the claimants. Jerome Bishop died on July 23, 1942. On August 7, 1942, claim was filed on behalf of his widow and a dependent minor child, on the ground that death was the result of an occupational disease contracted while the decedent was employed as a pipe-fitter by the appellant. After a hearing before one of the Commissioners, the claim was referred to the Medical Board for Occupational Diseases for report. On November 21, 1944, the…