Pringle v. Mayor of Savannah

Blackburn, Judge.

We granted Timothy Pringle’s application for discretionary appeal to review the superior court’s order reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board Appellate Division’s (Board’s) order requiring the City of Savannah to pay a portion of Pringle’s housing costs for a handicap-accessible apartment. In a case of first impression, this opinion addresses the extent an employer, pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act, must provide handicap-accessible housing to workers injured on the job.

Pringle, during the course of his employment as a sanitation worker with the City of Savannah,…