Home Indemnity Company of New York and Louis E. Stultz v. J. H. Poladian and J. Harry Poladian, Jr., T/a J. H. Poladian & Son

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Divergent provisions in the Workmen’s Compensation laws of Virginia and the District of Columbia give rise to this controversy. Under the Virginia law 1 a general contractor is deemed the statutory employer of his subcontractor’s employees; he is obligated to provide compensation insurance for them and is immune from common law actions by them for negligence. In the District of Columbia, where the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act 2 is applicable, there is no such provision. There the general contractor is a stranger to the subcontractor’s employees, is not required…