Coffey v. Derby Steel Co.

Cole, J., concurs in Parts i, ii and iii and dissents from Part iv.

Two questions are presented in this case: (1) Whether appellee Derby Steel Company, Inc., is a statutory employer under Maryland Code (1957) Art. 101, § 62 and thus immune from any liability to appellant Gary J. Coffey other than for workmen’s compensation, and (2) whether Coffey et al. established any liability to them on the part of appellee Philip E. Schafer Testing Laboratories, Inc. We shall hold that Derby is a statutory employer and that Schafer’s liability was not established.

i The background

Coffey was injured on the…