GLEN OAK'S TURF, INC. v. BUTLER

A89A0234.

191 Ga. App. 840 (1989)

383 S.E.2d 203

GLEN OAK'S TURF, INC. v. BUTLER.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Webb, Fowler & Tanner, Anthony O. L. Powell, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Guy R. Taylor, for appellant.

Madeleine E. Gimbel, Walter A. Jones, for appellee.


CARLEY, Chief Judge.

After she was injured in an on-the-job accident, appellee-employee filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits. Asserting that it was engaged in the business of "farming" and that it had hired appellee as a "farm laborer," the appellant-employer denied the existence of coverage based upon OCGA § 34-9-2 (a). That statute provides that the Workers' Compensation Act "shall not apply . . . to farm laborers . . .; nor to employers of such...

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