Pizza Hut of America, Inc. v. Hood

Deen, Presiding Judge.

On May 22, 1988, Pizza Hut of America, Inc., sponsored a picnic for its employees and their families at a Clarke County park. Employee Melvin Hood, Jr., drowned in a lake at the park during the picnic. Hood’s parents and the administrator of Hood’s estate sued Pizza Hut and Clarke County. Pizza Hut appeals from the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment for the plaintiffs on Pizza Hut’s defense that the Workers’ Compensation Act provided the exclusive remedy. Clarke County appeals from the denial of its motion for summary judgment based on its defense of…