Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 17, 1973No. 48667PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

Lurene Edwards was employed as a seamstress in a garment factory and was injured July 11, 1972 when she went to the bathroom, not during a scheduled rest break but at an unscheduled time subsequent to the morning break. She testified that at the bathroom "when I sit down, just sit flat down and I went back and worked the rest of that day and then I told my floorlady that night... it had got so sore in my back and legs and naturally my hands ... I have not worked since that time.” She further testified that she could not sit at the sewing machine more than just a few…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilkie v. Travelers InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Miedema v. Dial Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  2. Carter v. Volunteer Apparel, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  3. FRETT v. STATE FARM EMPLOYEE WORKERS' COMPENSATIONSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. Stokes v. Coweta County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  5. Frett v. State Farm Emp. Workers' Comp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018

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