Fowler v. Gilmer County Commissioners of Roads & Revenues

Quillian, Chief Judge.

A discretionary appeal was granted to consider the issue of whether an inmate of a county correctional facility could be an employee within the meaning of the Workers’. Compensation Act where the inmate worked for a private individual to whom he was “loaned” by the county authorities.

The main appeal (64341) by the claimant was taken from the judgment of the trial court which reversed the decision by the Board of Workers’ Compensation to award the claimant benefits. The cross appeal (64342) concerns only the question of whether a certain holding by the trial judge in…