Supreme Court of Georgia May 13, 2002, S02Q0399 (Georgia Electric Membership Corp. v. Hi-Ranger, Inc.)

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

After being injured on the job, Tim Franks and his employer Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (GEMC) jointly filed suit in federal district court against Hi-Ranger, Inc.

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and others, who were responsible for the manufacture of the boom mechanism that allegedly caused Franks’s injuries. GEMC sought to recover the workers’ compensation benefits it had paid to Franks.