Brooks v. Southern Railway Co.

178 Ga. App. 361 (1986)

343 S.E.2d 143

BROOKS

v.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

71986.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 19, 1986.

William R. Moseley, Jr., J. Weldon Granger, Donald F. Ruzicka, for appellant.

Edgar A. Neely, Jr., Michael N. Weathersby, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

On August 6, 1984, the appellant, James Earl Brooks, was employed as a laborer by the appellee, Southern Railway Company. Early that morning he and another employee lifted a 3 inch by 10 inch by 16-1/2 feet scaffolding board which weighed between 200 and 250 pounds. Although Brooks employed the safe lifting methods…