Legal Opinion
O'CONNELL v. Maryland Steel Erectors, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 6, 1985No. 82-1486PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired:
This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action for negligence brought by a construction worker against the corporate owner of a rotating crane on a building project where he had suffered chest and shoulder injuries. Eight months prior to commencing such action, he had been formally awarded workmen’s compensation pursuant to a disability claim filed against his own employer, the contractor who had hired him to work on the site. At the time of the injury, the District of Columbia workers’ compensation statute incorporated by reference the provisions of the…
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