1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 270 F.2d
  5. 270 F.2d 156 (1959)
 

HOME INDEMNITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. POLADIAN

No. 7871.

270 F.2d 156 (1959)

HOME INDEMNITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK and Louis E. Stultz, Appellants, v. J. H. POLADIAN and J. Harry Poladian, Jr., t/a J. H. Poladian & Son, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Gregg, Washington, D. C. (Hugh Lynch, Jr., and Macleay, Lynch & Macdonald, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Charles H. Duff, Arlington, Va. (Jesse, Phillips, Klinge & Kendrick, Arlington, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

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 law1 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...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases