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DOSS v. FOOD LION, INC.

No. S96Q1437.

477 S.E.2d 577 (1996)

267 Ga. 312

DOSS v. FOOD LION, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent J. Savage, Robert Bartley Turner, Savage & Turner, Savannah, for Eric Doss.

George Lucas Lewis, Duffy, Feemster & Lewis, Savannah, for Food Lion, Inc.

Jeffrey Walker Frazier, Frazier & Associates, Dunwoody, for other interested parties.

H. Michael Bagley, Drew Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, Laurence L. Christensen, Marietta, Albert H. Parnell, Michael J. Goldman, Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, Norlinda Philbeck, Lincolnton, Joseph R. Cullens, Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

Walter Edwin Sumner, Atlanta, Robert M. Brinson, Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis, Rome, for Amicus Appellee.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

We consider in this case the following certified question from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals: Does Georgia Law recognize an independent cause of action apart from any remedy available under the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act where an employer and/or insurer has intentionally delayed authorizing medical treatment to which an employee is entitled under the Act and where such delay has exacerbated a work-related physical injury...

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