Casey v. Shane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtVan Kirk, J.
The motion was to strike out the separate defenses numbered II and III for insufficiency. The cross-motion was to dismiss the complaint on the pleadings. The principal question is whether a general contractor, who has secured compensation covering the employees of a subcontractor, is immune from liability for injuries to one of those employees in a third party action, a common-law action for negligence. There were presented to the Special Term the complaint, answer and a stipulated statement of facts.
The defendants were copartners. The firm took a contract to construct a school building. Part…
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