GODBEE v. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.

63149.

161 Ga. App. 731 (1982)

288 S.E.2d 881

GODBEE et al. v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Walters, Jr., for appellants.

Susan Cahoon, Edmund M. Kreisel, for appellee.

Glenville Haldi, Don C. Keenan, James K. Lange, amicus curiae.


BIRDSONG, Judge.

Workers' Compensation — Statutory Employer. Marvin O. Godbee was an iron worker who was directly employed by Riggs-Distler as a welder and to perform other iron-related work. For the six or seven years prior to May 18, 1979, Godbee's place of work had been in and about a cable plant owned and operated by Western Electric Company (WECO). On May 18, 1979, Godbee was standing on a ladder about six feet off the floor in WECO's cable plant removing...

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