Columbia County v. Holt

Bruce Holt, as personal representative of the estate of Claude Earl Holt, appellee, filed a wrongful death action against Columbia County and the Columbia County Board of Commissioners, appellants, arising out of a tragic vehicular accident in which Claude Holt, an employee of Columbia County’s Public Works Department, suffered fatal injuries when his vehicle was struck by a dump truck driven by another employee of the same County Department. Appellants appeal an order granting partial summary judgment and ruling that appellants were not entitled to assert workers’ compensation immunity in…