Clarence MEIGGS, et al., Appellants,
v.
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS, INC., and Pineda-Heller Electric Company, Inc., Appellees.
OMNI CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellant,
v.
Sidney FEATHERSTONE, et ux., and Andrew S. Appling, et ux., Appellees.
KBR CORPORATION, Appellant,
v.
Harry HOBBS, et al., Appellees.
Terry FRAZIER, et al., Appellants,
v.
FAITH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, et al., Appellees.
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Argued August 19, 1986.
Decided July 18, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Patrick M. Regan and Marc Fiedler, with whom Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Roger C. Johnson, and Mark J. Brice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants Meiggs and Frazier.
Walter A. Smith, Jr., with whom Vincent H. Cohen, Robert B. Cave, and David F. Grady, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Ronald G. Guziak and Keith M. Bonner, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant Omni Const., Inc.
Edwin A. Sheridan, Fairfax, Va., was on the brief, for amicus curiae KBR Corp.
James C. Gregg and Jack E. Rossotti, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee Associated Builders, Inc.
Geoffrey S. Gavett, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellee Pineda-Heller Elec. Co., Inc.
Peter J. Vangsnes, Robert P. Enderle, and H. Vincent McKnight, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees Featherstone, Appling and Hobbs.
Joseph P. Dyer and John A. Sutherland, Jr., Fairfax, Va., were on the brief, for appellee Faith Const. Co.
Before MACK, ROGERS and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
MACK, Associate Judge:
These five separate appeals, consolidated for our consideration, present an identical issue for resolution: do sections 5(a) and 5(b) of the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act of 1979, 27 D.C. Reg. 2503, 2507-08 (1980) (as codified at D.C. Code § 36-304 (1981) (hereinafter "1979 Act"), grant general contractors immunity from tort liability in suits brought by injured employees of subcontractors...
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