Dekalb v. Singleton

2 Citing cases

  1. Lowndes County Bd. of Commissioners v. Connell

    305 Ga. App. 844 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010)   Cited 11 times

    So long as there is some evidence to support the State Board's decision, "findings of fact by the [S]tate [B]oard are conclusive and binding on reviewing courts, and judges lack authority to set aside an award based on disagreement with the [B]oard's conclusions." DeKalb County Bd. of Ed. v. Singleton, 294 Ga. App. 96 ( 668 SE2d 767) (2008). See Ray Bell Constr. Co., 281 Ga. at 854.

  2. Coca-Cola Co. v. Parker

    677 S.E.2d 361 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009)

    Following this physical injury, Parker suffered a psychic injury, also in the course of her employment and related to her physical injury, when Ewing requested that she perform duties that exceeded those restrictions. Under these facts, Parker's "claim for mental damages [is] ancillary to a physical occurrence arising in the course of employment." Lewis, supra, 267 Ga. App. at 292 (1); see, e.g., DeKalb County Bd. of Ed. v. Singleton, 294 Ga. App. 96, 99-100 ( 668 SE2d 767) (2008) (psychological injury compensable only if it arises naturally and unavoidably from discernible physical occurrence). Parker's tort claim is therefore barred by the exclusivity provision of the Workers' Compensation Act, and the trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion for summary judgment on this ground.