Frett v. State Farm Emp. Workers' Comp.

Full title: FRETT v. STATE FARM EMPLOYEE WORKERS' COMPENSATION et al.

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 22, 2021

358 Ga. App. 138 (Ga. Ct. App. 2021)

358 Ga. App. 138

Opinion

A18A0820

01-22-2021

FRETT v. STATE FARM EMPLOYEE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION et al.

Robert Eugene Bourne, Cumming, Nicholas Dale Benzine, Atlanta, Elliot J. Bourne, for Appellant. Charles E. Harris IV, Natalie Elizabeth Rogers, for Appellee.

Brown, Judge.

Robert Eugene Bourne, Cumming, Nicholas Dale Benzine, Atlanta, Elliot J. Bourne, for Appellant.

Charles E. Harris IV, Natalie Elizabeth Rogers, for Appellee.

Brown, Judge.

In Frett v. State Farm Employee Workers’ Compensation , 348 Ga. App. 30, 821 S.E.2d 132 (2018) (" Frett I "), this Court affirmed the superior court's order upholding the decision of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation to deny Rochelle Frett's claim for benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act, OCGA § 34-9-1 et seq. Id. at 36, 821 S.E.2d 132. In Frett v. State Farm Employee Workers’ Compensation , 309 Ga. 44, 844 S.E.2d 749 (2020) (" Frett II "), the Supreme Court reversed our decision, overruling Ocean Acc. & Guar. Corp. v. Farr , 180 Ga. 266, 178 S.E. 728 (1935), and concluding that "Frett's injury occurred ‘in the course of’ her employment and arose ‘out of’ her employment under the Act." 309 Ga. at 62 (3) (c), 844 S.E.2d 749. We now vacate our earlier opinion and adopt as our own the Supreme Court's opinion in Frett II . Accordingly, the decision of the superior court is reversed.

Judgment reversed.

McFadden, C. J., Barnes, P. J., Miller, P. J., Doyle, P. J., Dillard, P. J., Rickman, P. J., Reese, P. J., Mercier, Markle, Hodges, Pipkin, Colvin, JJ., and Senior Appellate Judge Herbert E. Phipps, concur. Gobeil, J., disqualified.