Court Overturns 85-Year-Old Case Law: Lunch Break Injuries Now Compensable

The Georgia Supreme Court this week overturned 85 years of precedent with a decision that puts Georgia in the ranks of almost every other state that recognizes that lunch break injuries should be compensable. “It definitely opens the door for more injuries that happen during lunch breaks. It eliminates that defense,” said Nick Benzine, the Marietta, Georgia, claimants' attorney who initially represented Rochelle Frett. Frett was a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance in Atlanta when she slipped on a wet break room floor and injured her hip in 2015. In Frett v. State ...