Sargent v. Blankmann

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Joan Frances Blankmann and Patrick Omar Bohan (plaintiffs) instituted an action against Carlton Willard Sargent (defendant), and others, after plaintiffs’ mother Gunar Naib Bohan allegedly suffered fatal injuries while a passenger in an automobile operated by defendant. Defendant moved for summary judgment and argued that the exclusive remedy provision of Georgia’s Workers’ Compensation Act bars plaintiffs’ claims.

At about 8:30 in the morning on September 26, 1988, defendant and Gunar Naib Bohan, employees of the Division of Public Health of the Georgia Department of…