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BRAGA v. GENLYTE GROUP, INC.

No. 04-2429.

420 F.3d 35 (2005)

Antonio C. BRAGA and Debra Braga, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. GENLYTE GROUP, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Cunha, with whom Brian Cunha & Associates, P.C. were on brief, for appellants.

Timothy P. Van Dyck, with whom Brian H. Lamkin and Edwards & Angell, LLP, were on brief for appellee.

Before STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.

OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.

This case tests the line between the workers' compensation rights of an employee injured on a job in Massachusetts and the immunity from tort suit provided to the injured employee's employer by the same Massachusetts workers' compensation law that benefitted the injured employee, where the employer has participated in a series of mergers during which the employee's job status remained unaffected. On the unique and relatively complex...

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