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WARDEN v. HOAR CONST. CO.

No. S98A0822.

507 S.E.2d 428 (1998)

269 Ga. 715

WARDEN at al. v. HOAR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardy Gregory, Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, John Scott Husser, Mundy & Gammage, Cedartown, for Billie Jo Warden et al.

David Frank Root, Mary Katherine Greene, Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for Hoar Construction.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Billie Jo Warden filed this wrongful death action against Hoar Construction Company for the death of her husband. The trial court ruled that Hoar was immune from tort liability as a statutory employer under the workers' compensation act and granted summary judgment to it. Warden asks us to overturn the holding in Wright Associates v. Rieder1 that an employee of a subcontractor cannot bring a tort action...

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