Smith v. Ellis

How courts have described this case

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

• “Put simply, an injured employee may not ... recover compensation under the Act ... and then turn around and sue the employer or ‘an employee of the same employer[.]’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chan v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 73×
• Seals v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-18· cited 62×
• May v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-30· cited 57×
• in the Interest of M.F., a Child
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 50×
• City of Guyton v. Barrow
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-20· cited 47×
• Undisclosed LLC v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-30· cited 25×
• Mortgage Alliance Corp. v. Pickens County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-04· cited 13×
• SCOTT K. CAMP v. RYAN CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-09-30· cited 11×
• Murray-Obertein v. Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-23· cited 7×
• Higdon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 6×
• Carr v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-02· cited 5×
• Foster v. Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-09-14· cited 4×
• Sanders v. Riley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 3×
• Sanders v. Riley, Administrator
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16
• WILLIAM HAYES v. KSP SERVICES, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-07-02
• DEBORAH SIMMONS v. SOLO CUP OPERATING CORPORATION
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-10-07
• CITY OF GUYTON v. BARROW (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-20
• TANETTA JEAN PIERRE v. MICRO-JA/X, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-17
• Thomas Odom v. Richard Edward Franklin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-06-20
• BRIAN THIGPEN v. RAYMOND PRICKETT
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-06-12

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 47×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-09-26· cited 33×
• Haygood v. Home Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-07· cited 20×
• Dickey v. Harden
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-31· cited 19×
• Groves v. Marvel
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1965-10-14· cited 17×
• Kaplan v. City of Sandy Springs
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 16×
• Boulware v. Quiktrip Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-09· cited 15×
• Bishop v. Weems
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-07-10· cited 11×
• Mink v. Mink
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-15· cited 9×
• Heard v. Mitchell's Formal Wear, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-05-04· cited 9×
• Kight v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-02-08· cited 7×
• Crawford v. Meyer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-06-08· cited 6×
• Clark v. Williamson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-28· cited 6×
• Ridley v. Monroe
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-02· cited 6×
• Thorn v. Phillips
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-19· cited 6×
• Rheem Manufacturing Co. v. Butts
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-08· cited 5×
• Stevenson v. Ray
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-30· cited 3×
• Sargent v. Blankmann
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-11-19· cited 1×