Legal Opinion
Lee v. Sears
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 10, 1996No. A96A1880PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Jeffery Lee brought this automobile negligence case against William Sears and Hughes Waste Management, Inc., but the trial court found his suit barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act, OCGA § 34-9-11, and granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Lee appeals, and we affirm.
When an employee is negligently injured by a co-employee and his injury “arises out of and in the course of employment,” the employee’s exclusive remedy against either his employer or the co-employee is a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Johnson v.…
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