Hunt v. Corrections Corp. of America

Amie and James Hunt, Kathleen Bau-cum, and Glenda Baker seek review of a final summary judgment entered in favor of appellee Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in their consolidated actions seeking to recover damages from CCA, their employer, under the intentional tort and unrelated workers exceptions to workers’ compensation immunity. Because neither exception applies here, we affirm.

Amie Hunt, Kathleen Baucum, and Glenda Baker were employed by CCA as nurses for the Bay County Jail. While these nurses were on duty, inmates escaped from their cells and held the women hostage. Hunt was…