K Mart Corp. v. Bright

Blackburn, Judge.

The appellee, Marjorie Bright, injured her back while at work at K Mart on June 12, 1989, and thereafter was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. In the course of her authorized medical treatment, Bright was referred to the DeKalb Pain Clinic, where she was also treated by a staff psychiatrist for depression that developed as a consequence of the back injury.

Eventually, Bright became dissatisfied with the care provided at the pain clinic, and in November 1990 she sought psychiatric care from Dr. Howell Slaughter, who was not on K Mart’s panel of physicians. Bright did not…