Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Walsh

This suit grew out of a collision between one of the appellant’s locomotives and a small switching engine owned by the Union Shipbuilding Company and operated by its employee, George Walsh, the appellee-, on the appellant’s tracks at Fairfield, Curtis Bay, on February 15th, 1921. Walsh, who- was- painfully and seriously injured iu the collision, applied for and was awarded compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which was paid by his employer.

Walsh contended that the collision was due to the appellant’s negligence, and on December 23rd, 1921, in the Superior Court of Baltimore…