Legal Opinion

Stevenson v. Hill

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided February 11, 1937No. [No. 87, October Term, 1936.]PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBond, C. J.

This is a second appeal in a case under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Code, art. 101, sec. 1, et seq., as amended). See Stevenson v. Hill, 170 Md. 676, 185 A. 551. And the present question is one of law. Section 36 (as amended by Acts 1931, ch. 363) provides for awards of compensation to be computed on the basis of the average weekly wages of injured workmen, and section 65 defines “average weekly wages” as “average weekly wages earned by an employee when working on full time.” But how is compensation to be computed when during a year before an injury and death there has been no working on…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Claim of Littler v. George A. Fuller Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. Andrejwski v. Wolverine Coal Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Capone's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  4. Stevenson v. HillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
  5. Maguire v. WheelerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Crowner v. Baltimore United Butchers Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
  2. Pro-Football, Inc. v. TupaCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2011
  3. Long v. Injured Workers' Insurance FundCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2015
  4. Richard Beavers Constr., Inc. v. WagstaffCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2018
  5. Gross v. Sessinghause & Ostergaard, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1993

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