Baughman Contracting Co. v. Mellott

This is an appeal under the Workmen's Compensation Act by the Employer and Insurer from an order of the Circuit Court for Allegany County entered on the verdict of a jury awarding the claimant-appellee compensation for sixty per cent permanent partial disability arising from an injury suffered when in the employ of the Baughman Contracting Company (""Baughman"") on the 16th day of November, 1955. This judgment reversed the award of the State Industrial Accident Commission which had found that appellee's disability due to this injury was only five per cent.