THOMAS v. FARNSWORTH CHAMBERS CO.

Nos. 6490, 6491.

286 F.2d 270 (1960)

Mrs. Byron W. THOMAS, Guardian-Trustee of the Estate of Byron W. Thomas, Ward, Appellant, v. FARNSWORTH CHAMBERS CO., Inc., a Texas corporation, Appellee. William V. LAIRD, Appellant, v. FARNSWORTH CHAMBERS CO., Inc., a Texas corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tarter and Weldon M. Tarter, Tarter & Tarter, Colorado Springs, Colo., and John L. Griffith and Mary Griffith, Griffith & Griffith, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Raymond J. Turner, Dawson, Nagel Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colo., for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, LEWIS, Circuit Judge, and RICE, District Judge.


MURRAH, Chief Judge.

The common and decisive question presented by these consolidated appeals is whether an employee of a Colorado subcontractor who has elected to receive workmen's compensation benefits from his insured subcontractor may maintain a common law negligence action against the general contractor for the injuries received in the course of his employment.

Holding that the asserted common law actions were abrogated by the relevant provisions of Colorado...

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