Carey v. United States

HAYES, District Judge.

This is an action brought by plaintiff, Carey, and his Workmen’s Compensation Insurance carrier, Utica Mutual Insurance Company, to recover damages from the defendant because of an injury which Carey sustained while working on the premises of the defendant at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on May 1, 1956. The army headquarters at Fort Bragg had entered into a contract for certain work to be done on the barracks at Fort Bragg, which included the insulation of the buildings, and calling for insulation to be made under the floor of the buildings.

The prime contractor sublet to…