Opinion
[No. 95 (Adv.), September Term, 1971.]
Decided June 2, 1971.
STATUTES — Construction And Interpretation — Legislative Intent — Statutes In Pari Materia. p. 368
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION — All Sections Of Workmen's Compensation Law Must Be Read Together — Any Ambiguity Should Be Resolved In Favor Of Claimant. p. 368
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION — Subsequent Injury Fund — Award For Permanent Total Disability Made Against Subsequent Injury Fund Survives To The Widow Upon Death Of Claimant Husband From A Cause Not Related To Accident Which Caused Total Disability — Fund Entitled To Dollar Credit For Prior Award. p. 368
(See opinion 11 Md. App. 369 (1971).)
Certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.
Petition for writ of certiorari granted where the Court of Special Appeals affirmed the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City in reversing a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission which had precluded recovery by Katherine E. Chapman, widow of Henry Bernard Chapman, from the Subsequent Injury Fund. The Court of Appeals proceeded in accordance with Maryland Rule 811 b.
Judgment affirmed with costs.
Submitted to HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.
Submitted on Petition by Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Albert A. Levin and William H. Kable, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.
Submitted on Answer to Petition by Maurice J. Pressman and David M. Brenner for appellee.
This Court, having granted a writ of certiorari and in accordance with Maryland Rule 811 b having determined that no error of law appears in the decision, adopts the opinion of Chief Judge Murphy for the Court of Special Appeals in Subsequent Injury Fund v. Chapman, 11 Md. App. 369 and affirms the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals.
Judgment affirmed with costs.