Hennly v. Richardson

Hunt, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals to decide whether Richardson’s claims are barred under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) and whether Richardson fails to meet the definition of “handicapped individual” under the Georgia Equal Employment for the Handicapped Code (GEEHC). We answer both questions in the affirmative and reverse.

In 1987, Jim Hennly, the vice president of First Federal Savings and Loan Association (First Federal) and a pipe smoker, began working in an office close to the desk of Bonnie Richardson, a receptionist/ switchboard operator at First…