Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority v. Dean

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) is an employer for the purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act. The FDHA contends Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth. v. Gaither, 241 Ga. 572, 574 (247 SE2d 89) (revg. Gaither v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth., 144 Ga. App. 16 (240 SE2d 560)) (1977), controls this case by its 1978 holding that the hospital authority was not an employer and was not a corporation “ ‘engaged in any business.’ ” We do not agree. The changes in the definition of employer as now found in OCGA § 34-9-1 (3)…