IRELAND, C.J.
We granted the defendant's application for further appellate review in order to determine whether, pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 23, a general contractor that pays workers' compensation benefits to an employee of an uninsured subcontractor, is immune from liability for common-law claims the employee may have against that general contractor. A Superior Court judge concluded that § 23 provided the defendant such immunity from wrongful death and...
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