Haugse v. Sommers Bros. Manufacturing Co.

One Haugse received a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with Sommers Bros. Manufacturing Co. The injury consisted in the loss of an eye by enucleation, for which the Maryland Casualty Company, insurance carrier for the employer, entered into an agreement with Haugse to pay him $1,920, at the rate of $16 per week for 120 weeks, payable monthly. A memorandum of the agreement was approved by the Industrial Accident Board, and payments were made according thereto until Haugse died from a cause other than that for which he was being paid. On his death,…