WARDELL v. RICHMOND SCREW ANCHOR CO.

49850.

133 Ga. App. 378 (1974)

210 S.E.2d 854

WARDELL v. RICHMOND SCREW ANCHOR COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Matthews & Quigley, Baxter L. Davis, L. Brown Bivens, for appellant.

Hurt, Hill & Richardson, Paul M. Talmadge, Jr., for appellees.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

1. The main defense urged was that since the injury took place in South Carolina, since Georgia has adopted the rule that the lex loci controls the substantive issues in transitory tort actions, since under South Carolina law the defendants are statutory employers, and since a common law tort action cannot be brought against an employer who is subject to workmen's compensation laws, this action...

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