Legal Opinion
Berkeley Granite Corp. v. Covington
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 11, 1937No. 11447PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hutcheson, Justice.
The present case is before this court after the grant of certiorari to review the following decision of the Court of Appeals (Covington v. Berkeley Granite Corporation, 53 Ga. App. 269, 185 S. E. 386) : '“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…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Atlanta Coach Co. v. CobbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- United States Casualty Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Covington v. Berkeley Granite Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- United States Casualty Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
- Horn v. Planters Products Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Southern Wire & Iron, Inc. v. FowlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Echols v. Chattooga Mercantile CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
- Triff v. National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1939
- Griggs v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
- Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. v. SprayberrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
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