Chambers v. Monroe County Board of Commissioners

Pamela Chambers injured her knee when her supervisor directed her to get up from a desk so that he could complete some paperwork. *408In this context, where the undisputed evidence shows that the employee was injured while undertaking a physical activity at the express direction of her supervisor, the injury arose out of and in the course of the employment as a matter of law, and the employee should receive workers’ compensation benefits. Because the majority concludes otherwise, I must respectfully dissent.

“The Workers’ Compensation Act in Georgia is intended to have broad application so as to…