Certiorari denied.
JUSTICE WHITE, with whom JUSTICE BLACKMUN joins, dissenting.
This case presents the question whether an injured worker who is receiving benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., may be barred by a state-law immunity available to "statutory employers" from asserting a tort claim against a contractor for whom his immediate employer was performing work at the time of the...
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