Wall v. Phillips

Blackburn, Judge.

The appellee, Ernestine Phillips, commenced this tort action against her former employer, Lithonia Lighting Products Company of Georgia, and the plant nurse, Debra Wall, alleging that Wall prescribed her a pain medication without first obtaining authorization from her treating company physician. The trial court denied the motion for summary judgment filed by Lithonia Lighting and Wall, and this court then granted their discretionary appeal to determine whether Phillips’ cause of action is barred by the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act.

Phillips was hired by Lithonia Lighting…