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KEGLEY v. VULCAN RAIL & CONSTR. CO.

[No. 51, October Term, 1953.]

203 Md. 476 (1954)

101 A.2d 822

KEGLEY, USE OF HIMSELF AND PUBLIC SERVICE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. VULCAN RAIL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 8, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene A. Alexander, III, with whom were Philip V. Hendelberg, W. Hamilton Whiteford and Wilbur D. Preston, Jr., on the brief, for the appellant.

Thomas G. Andrew, with whom was Jesse Slingluff, Jr., on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before SOBELOFF, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.

HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the rule of immunity from suit of a principal contractor, liable for the payment of workmen's compensation to the employee of his subcontractor, applies where the person sued is an intermediate subcontractor of the general contractor.

Woodrow Kegley, an employee of Arthur Phillips and Company, sustained injuries on April...

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