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GAITHER v. FULTON-DeKALB HOSP. AUTH.

54490.

144 Ga. App. 16 (1977)

240 S.E.2d 560

GAITHER v. FULTON-DeKALB HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 28, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Jewett, C. Lawrence Jewett, for appellant.

Jones, Bird & Howell, Arthur Howell, III, for appellee.

Charles C. King, Jr., Beryl B. Farris, amicus curiae.

SMITH, Judge.

The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, doing business as Grady Memorial Hospital, is an "employer" within the meaning and intent of Georgia's workmen's compensation statutes. Thus, Grady employee Gaither's compensation claim against the Authority should not have been dismissed on jurisdictional grounds, and the judgment upholding that dismissal is reversed.

1. Our construction of the statutes in this case is guided by two salient principles. First...

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