Legal Opinion

BEST BUY CO., INC. v. McKINNEY

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 6, 2015No. A15A1278PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises from a dispute over a workers’ compensation subrogation lien between an employer, Appellant Best Buy Co., Inc., and its former employee, Appellee Christopher McKinney. At issue is whether the trial court erred in denying Best Buy’s motion to enforce its subrogation lien against a settlement reached between McKinney and certain third-party tortfeasors. Discerning no error, we affirm.

The record reflects that in January 2011, McKinney fell off a forklift during the course of his employment with Best Buy. As a result of the fall, McKinney suffered…

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