Hinkley v. Building Material Merchants Ass'n of Georgia, Inc.

Beasley, Judge.

Hinkley was injured while working on a truss rolling machine as an employee of Stringer Lumber Company. The machine, equipped with a safety device which had been disabled, caught Hinkley and his arm rolled through it. Workers’ compensation benefits were awarded.

Hinkley then sued Building Material Merchants Association of Georgia, Inc. (BMMA), claiming that it insured Stringer and had undertaken to inspect the premises but had negligently failed to inspect and remedy the lack of a safety device on the machine. Summary judgment was granted to BMMA, on the ground that BMMA was…