BRIGHT v. NIMMO

No. 83-8684 Non-Argument Calendar.

756 F.2d 1513 (1985)

Rufus W. BRIGHT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert P. NIMMO, Administrator of Veterans Administration, American Cyanamid Company, Insurance Company of North America, and the Georgia Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence L. Martin, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Melissa S. Mundell, Savannah, Ga., for defendant-appellee R. Nimmo.

Walter Hartridge, R. Jonathan Hart, Laura M. Christian, Savannah, Ga., for defendants-appellees American Cyanamid & Ins. Co. of N. America.

Paul W. Painter, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for defendant-appellee The Ga. Co.

Before FAY, VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case, plaintiff Rufus W. Bright, Jr. appeals from the grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of defendants. Plaintiff contends that the district court erroneously held that (1) plaintiff had no cause of action against his employer and its insurer, independent of the remedies provided by the Workers' Compensation Act, O.C.G.A. §§ 34-9-1 to -367, for their willful failure to pay him income benefits to which...

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