AXSON TIMBER CO. v. WILSON

No. A07A0638.

649 S.E.2d 609 (2007)

AXSON TIMBER COMPANY et al. v. WILSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Cork & Miller, Rufus D. Sams III, Callie Dickson Bryan, Macon, for appellants.

Dover, Miller, Stone & Karras, Wilton E. Stone Jr., Closson, Bass & Tomberlin, J. Michael Bass, Valdosta, for appellee.


ADAMS, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, the issue is whether the injury occurred at a premises on which the statutory employers had undertaken to execute work or which was otherwise under their control or management. See OCGA § 34-9-8(d).

Axson Timber Company buys, procures, and sells wood to paper mills in Georgia and Florida. Axson secured the right to cut timber on certain tracts of land and hired Rice Timber Company to cut the timber. Rice...

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