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SCOTT HOUSING SYSTEMS, INC. v. HOWARD

44071.

256 Ga. 675 (1987)

353 S.E.2d 2

SCOTT HOUSING SYSTEMS, INC. v. HOWARD.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Memory, Thomas & Walker, Bruce M. Walker, Forrest W. Sweat, for appellant.

Martin L. Polite, for appellee.

CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari to examine the holding by the Court of Appeals that an employee's incarceration pending adjudication of guilt amounts to justification for refusing employment under OCGA § 34-9-240. Howard v. Scott Housing Systems, 180 Ga.App. 690 (350 S.E.2d 27) (1986). In workers' compensation cases where the employee is charged with a crime while...

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