SANFORD v. BOARD OF REGENTS

49102.

131 Ga. App. 858 (1974)

207 S.E.2d 255

SANFORD v. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA BOARD OF REGENTS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. D. Burns, Jr., for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Don A. Langham, Robert S. Bomar, Carl C. Jones, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


PANNELL, Judge.

1. The language of the statute (Code § 114-102; Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, as amended) is: "`Injury' and `personal injury' shall mean only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment ..." Under liberal construction, the statute includes injury received in doing an act which the injured employee was employed directly to perform, or an act incidental thereto, reasonably necessary in performance of the act he was employed to perform...

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