Nunnally v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority

Benham, Judge.

Appellant, an employee of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, was awarded workers’ compensation benefits by an administrative law judge and the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. Upon appeal to the Superior Court of Fulton County, the trial court reversed the board’s decision on the ground that the hospital authority was not an employer for the purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act. This court granted appellant’s application for discretionary review.

The identical question has recently been decided by this court in Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth. v. Dean, 169 Ga. App. 277 (312…