Legal Opinion
Covington v. Berkeley Granite Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 18, 1936No. 24722PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. “Where as the result of an employer’s negligence an employee sustained an injury which caused an ‘occupational disease,’ if the injury was not the result of an accident and was not compensable under the workmen’s compensation act, the employee is not prevented by the terms of the act from maintaining against his employer an ordinary or common-law action to recover damages for such injury and disease. . . Attention has been called to the following decisions: Holliday v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co., 32 Ga. App. 567 (124 S. E. 89), affirmed, 161 Ga. 949 (132 S. E. 210) ; McCoy v.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Covington v. Berkeley Granite Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Horn v. Planters Products Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
- Holliday v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
- Webb v. Tubize-Chatillon Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
- Holliday v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1926
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Berkeley Granite Corp. v. CovingtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Connell v. Fisher Body Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
- Shipman v. Employers Mutual Liability InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Shipman v. Employers Mutual Liability InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962