Legal Opinion
DiNicola v. George Hyman Construction Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 19, 1979No. 12560PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
This appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of appellees George Hyman Construction Co. (Hyman) and Boatman & Magnani, Inc. (Boatman) raises an important current question locally in workmen’s compensation law: whether an injured employee of a subcontractor may sue the general contractor in negligence where the employee has received compensation benefits from the subcontractor. Hyman (general contractor) was under contract to do construction for an underpass tunnel at L’En-fant Plaza in Washington, D.C. It subcontracted the tile work for this project to Boatman…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Funk v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1974
- Phillip Hess v. Upper Mississippi Towing Corp. And Penlatex Barge Lines, Inc., Defendants- Fidelity & Casualty Co. Of New York, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Moses-Ecco Company, Inc. v. Roscoe-Ajax Corporation, Roscoe-Ajax Corporation v. Charles DetwilerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Lindler v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Robert Leak, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Myco, Inc. v. Super Concrete Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Fry v. Diamond Construction, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
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