General Contractor's Carrier Owed No Coverage to Subcontractor's Employee

The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that the special liability insurance carrier for a general contractor did not owe coverage for the workers’ compensation benefits the contractor had to pay to an uninsured subcontractor’s injured employee. Case: DaSilva v. JDDM Enterprises, No. A-3302-16T2, 07/27/2018, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Douglas DaSilva worked for 2 Hand Brothers Construction, a subcontractor on a construction project overseen by JDDM Enterprises. Hand Brothers did not have a workers’ compensation insurance policy at the...