Wheeler v. Rhoten

In this ease, the appellee, Lester L. Rhoten, was employed by the appellant, W. L. Wheeler, as a mechanic in the latter’s garage in Hampstead, Maryland.

On the 26th of January, 1922, while the appellee was engaged in repairing the brakes of an automobile brought into the garage for repair, a piece of steel or iron entered his left eye, causing an injury from which it became necessary to remove the! eye.

On March 15th, 1922, he filed his claim with the State Industrial Accident Commission for the loss of his eye. The commission heard evidence offered by the appellant, as well as the appellee,…