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Workers' Compensation Law

Mercer Law Review

2007

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Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, Daniel C. Kniffen, Katherine D. Dixon Dec 2007

Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, Daniel C. Kniffen, Katherine D. Dixon

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The year 2007 was relatively quiet for workers' compensation legislation in the Georgia General Assembly. However, there were several statutory modifications of note.

The Georgia Workers' Compensation Act has long excluded "farm laborers" from its coverage. The scope of that exclusion was clarified by including within the term farm laborer "any person employed by an employer in connection with the raising and feeding of and caring for wildlife, as such term is defined in paragraph (77) of [Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("O.C.G.A.")] Section 27-1-2." The Code section referenced defines wildlife as "any vertebrate or invertebrate animal life indigenous to …