J & C POULTRY v. Reyes-Guzman

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The Crider Companies/Crider Poultry (“Crider”) and J & C Poultry Company (“J & C”) filed these appeals from a superior court order reversing the appellate division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation’s finding that Juan Reyes-Guzman is ineligible for workers’ compensation benefits because his job as a poultry worker places him within OCGA § 34-9-2 (a)’s “farm laborers” exemption. The superior court concluded that this exemption does not apply because Guzman’s work — gathering, boxing and loading chickens — was more akin to trade and commerce than to the…