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KEENER v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Nos. 85-5029, 85-5122, 85-5123 and 84-5728, et al.

800 F.2d 1173 (1986)

Roy B. KEENER, et al., Appellants, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY. Howard DENNIS, et al., Appellants, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY. Stanley WILMES, et al., Appellants, v. BECHTEL CIVIL AND MINERALS, INC., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Vangsnes and William F. Mulroney, with whom James M. Hanny and Michelle A. Parfitt, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for appellants.

Walter A. Smith, Jr., with whom Vincent H. Cohen, Robert B. Cave, Susan M. Hoffman, and David F. Grady, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for appellee WMATA.

David P. Durbin, with whom Edward J. Lopata, Washington, D.C., was on the joint brief, for appellees Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., in Nos. 85-5122 & 85-5123.

Before MIKVA, BORK, and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

On the surface, these three related cases would seem to involve a reasonably straight-forward issue, namely, the scope of the immunity against tort actions granted contractors and subcontractors by the workmen's compensation laws applicable to the District of Columbia for injuries incurred before July 26, 1982. Unfortunately, its resolution requires the negotiation of a legal maze...

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