Burdette Decision 'Opens Door for More Viable Willful Misconduct Defense,' Attorney Writes

The Georgia Supreme Court's reversal of the 3rd Division Court of Appeals' opinion in Burdette v. Chandler Telecom earlier this year "(opens) the door for a more viable willful misconduct defense in more circumstances," attorney Thomas Whitley of the Georgia defense firm Drew Eckl & Farnham wrote in a blog post Monday.  The case, which WorkCompCentral analyzed in March, revolved around the question of "whether an employee may — in deliberate disobedience of his employer’s explicit prohibition — act in a knowingly dangerous fashion wi...