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HONAKER v. W.C. & A.N. MILLER DEV. CO.

[No. 55, September Term, 1976.]

278 Md. 453 (1976)

365 A.2d 287

HONAKER ET UX. v. W.C. AND A.N. MILLER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferdinand J. Mack, with whom were Shadoan & Mack on the brief, for appellants.

William H. Clarke, with whom were W. Barry Wraga, Richard W. Galiher, Jr., and Galiher, Clarke, Martell & Donnelly on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Over half a century ago the General Assembly enacted the Workmen's Compensation Act, withdrawing from private controversy all phases of extra-hazardous employments. The Act provided sure and certain relief for workmen injured in such employments and for their families and dependents, regardless of questions of fault and to the exclusion of every other remedy. Preamble, Acts 1914, ch. 800. Two years later, coverage under...

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