The state Superior Court, ruling that statutory employer immunity can be raised at any time during a litigation, has thrown out a $2 million verdict against a contractor.

In so holding, a three-judge panel earlier this month in Sheard v. J.J.DeLuca reversed the trial court’s decision that the doctrine had been waived because it wasn’t asserted until post-trial motions.

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