Georgia State Telephone Company v. Scarboro

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying section 13-8-2(b) precursor statute to contract for laying telephone wire and manhole covers
• an employer who has paid workers' compensation benefits cannot be sued for contribution as a joint tortfeasor
• “The telephone company cannot recover from Scarboro for contribution as a joint tortfeasor because Scarboro’s payment of worker's compensation benefits makes him immune from any further liability on account of his negligence causing the accident.”
• indemnification against “all claims” to “any person” held to be insufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).