Wood v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

In Gasch v. Britton, 202 F. 2d 356 (D. C. Cir. 1953) the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the basis of its interpretation of Victory Sparkler Co. v. Francks, 147 Md. 368, 128 A. 635 (1925), held that an award under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Maryland (Maryland Code (1964 Repl. Vol.) Article 101) is the employee’s sole and exclusive remedy against the employer and precluded any award to the claimant under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of the District of Columbia. In the present case the appellant has appealed a declaratory order of the Circuit…