Fred S. James & Co. of Georgia, Inc. v. King

Sognier, Judge.

King, an employee of Cagles’s, Inc., was injured on the job. King filed for, and was awarded, workers’ compensation benefits as a result of the injury. Fred S. James & Co. of Georgia, Inc. (James) is an insurance broker who entered into a service agreement with Cagle’s Inc., a self-insurer, to administer its workers’ compensation program. Under the workers’ compensation service agreement James was to: “Provide services at each of your major operating locations to assist in reducing accident levels, as well as striving for a decrease in the seriousness of your claims. Generally,…