Glen Oak's Turf, Inc. v. Butler

Carley, Chief Judge.

After she was injured in an on-the-job accident, appellee-employee filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Asserting that it was engaged in the business of “farming” and that it had hired appellee as a “farm laborer,” the appellant-employer denied the existence of coverage based upon OCGA § 34-9-2 (a). That statute provides that the Workers’ Compensation Act “shall not apply ... to farm laborers . . . ; nor to employers of such employees. ...” Although the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) did find that appellant was in the “farming” business, he further concluded…