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CHAVIS v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY

No. 8133.

283 F.2d 929 (1960)

Earl CHAVIS, Appellant, v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Hammer, Columbia, S. C. (Marshall B. Williams, Orangeburg, S.C., Solomon Blatt, Jr., Barnwell, S. C., and Henry H. Edens, Columbia, S. C., on the brief), for appellant.

J. Means McFadden, Columbia, S. C. (Robinson, McFadden & Moore, Columbia, S. C., on the brief), for appellee.

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

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

An injured employee of a subcontractor seeks to maintain a common law action against the general contractor for damages on account of the injury. His theory is that only the owner and the subcontractor were his employers within the meaning of South Carolina's Workmen's Compensation Act. He contends that the general contractor had no duty to compensate him under the Act and, therefore, is not entitled to the Act's protection against common...

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