Maryland Casualty Co. v. Bartlett

1. The compensation payable under the workmen’s compensation act is in the nature of compensation for pecuniary loss sustained by the claimant resulting from the death of a person who in a pecuniary way applies his labor and services to the support of the claimant; and since such pecuniary loss results from the death of the person upon whom the claimant is dependent for pecuniary contributions, there is no substantial difference, under the compensation act, between a claim for “compensation” and one for damages for “lost services.” One is ‘tweedledum and the other is tweedledee. A claim filed…