DiNICOLA v. GEORGE HYMAN CONST. CO.

No. 12560.

407 A.2d 670 (1979)

Russell DiNICOLA et al., Appellants, v. GEORGE HYMAN CONSTRUCTION CO. et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Mannino, Washington, D. C., and Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Carolyn McKenney Endress, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Alan R. Siciliano, Arlington, Va., for appellee George Hyman Construction Co. Thomas A. Farrington, Upper Marlboro, Md., was on the brief, for appellee.

William J. Donnelly, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher, William H. Clarke and Frank J. Martell, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Boatman & Magnani, Inc.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of appellees George Hyman Construction Co. (Hyman) and Boatman & Magnani, Inc. (Boatman) raises an important current question locally in workmen's compensation law: whether an injured employee of a subcontractor may sue the general contractor in negligence where the employee has received compensation benefits from the subcontractor. Hyman (general contractor) was under contract to do...

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