Legal Opinion
Capetola v. Barclay White Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 22, 1943No. 8360PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, Circuit Judge
The basic question raised by this appeal is whether the Pennsylvania State Workmen’s Compensation Act 1 applies to an employee who was injured while working on a building which his private employer was helping to construct at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. If the State Act does so apply, then the judgment entered by the District Court, which denied the employee a recovery in trespass against the employer’s general contractor, the subcontracting employer having answered in compensation, should be affirmed without regard for the further grounds urged by the appellee in support of the judgment. The…
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