Meiggs v. Associated Builders, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
These five separate appeals, consolidated for our consideration, present an identical issue for resolution: do sections 5(a) and 5(b) of the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act of 1979, 27 D.C. Reg. 2503, 2507-08 (1980) (as codified at D.C. Code § 36-304 (1981) (hereinafter “1979 Act”), grant general contractors immunity from tort liability in suits brought by injured employees of subcontractors, where the subcontractors have secured payment of workers’ compensation to the employees? The general contractors, in claiming immunity, cite to the Supreme Court’s…
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