GA Code § 34-9-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 34-9-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Board" means the State Board of Workers' Compensation.   "Employee" means every person in the service of another under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or implied, except a person whose employment is not in the usual course of the trade, business, occupation, or profession of the employer; and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, minors are included even though working in violation of any child labor law or other similar statute; provided, however, that nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as repealing or altering any such law or statute. Any reference to any employee who has been injured shall, if the employee dies, include such employee's legal representatives, dependents, and other persons to whom compensation may be payable pursuant to this chapter. All firefighters, law enforcement personnel, and personnel of emergency management or civil defense agencies, emergency medical services, and rescue organizations whose compensation is paid by the state or any county or municipality, regardless of the method of appointment, and all full-time county employees and employees of elected salaried county officials are specifically included in this definition. There shall also be included within such term any volunteer firefighter of any county or municipality of this state, but only for services rendered in such capacity which are not prohibited by Code Section 38-3-36 and only if the governing authority of the county or municipality for which such services are rendered shall provide by appropriate resolution for inclusion of such volunteer firefighters; any volunteer law enforcement personnel of any county or municipality of this state who are certified by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, for volunteer law enforcement services rendered in such capacity which are not prohibited by Code Section 38-3-36 and only if the governing authority of the county or municipality for which such services are rendered shall provide by appropriate resolution for inclusion of such volunteer law enforcement personnel; any person who is a volunteer member or worker of an emergency management or civil defense organization, emergency medical service, or rescue organization, whether governmental or not, of any county or municipality of this state for volunteer services, which are not prohibited by Code Section 38-3-36, rendered in such capacity and only if the governing authority of the county or municipality for which such services are rendered shall provide by appropriate resolution for inclusion of such volunteer members or workers; and any person certified by the Department of Public Health or the Georgia Composite Medical Board and registered with any county or municipality of this state as a medical first responder for any volunteer first responder services rendered in such capacity, which are not prohibited by Code Section 38-3-36 and only if the governing authority of the county or municipality for which such services are rendered shall provide by appropriate resolution for inclusion of such responders. The various elected county officers and elected members of the governing authority of an individual county shall also be included in this definition, if the governing authority of such county shall provide therefor by appropriate resolution. For the purposes of workers' compensation coverage, employees of county and district health agencies established under Chapter 3 of Title 31 are deemed and shall be considered employees of the State of Georgia and employees of community service boards established under Chapter 2 of Title 37 shall be considered to be employees of the state. For the purpose of workers' compensation coverage, members of the Georgia National Guard and the State Defense Force serving on state active duty pursuant to an order by the Governor are deemed and shall be considered to be employees of this state. A person shall be an independent contractor and not an employee if such person has a written contract as an independent contractor and if such person buys a product and resells it, receiving no other compensation, or provides an agricultural service or such person otherwise qualifies as an independent contractor. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, any officer of a corporation may elect to be exempt from coverage under this chapter by filing written certification of such election with the insurer or, if there is no insurer, the State Board of Workers' Compensation as provided in Code Section 34-9-2.1. For purposes of this chapter, an owner-operator as such term is defined in Code Section 40-2-87 shall be deemed to be an independent contractor. Inmates or persons participating in a work release program, community service program, or similar program as part of the punishment for violation of a municipal ordinance pursuant to Code Section 36-32-5 or a county ordinance or a state law shall not be deemed to be an employee while participating in work or training or while going to and from the work site or training site, unless such inmate or person is employed for private gain in violation of Code Section 42-1-5 or Code Section 42-3-50 or unless the municipality or county had voluntarily established a policy, on or before January 1, 1993, to provide workers' compensation benefits to such individuals. Individuals who are parties to a franchise agreement as set out by the Federal Trade Commission franchise disclosure rule, 16 C.F.R. 436.1 through 436.11, shall not be deemed employees for purposes of this chapter.   "Employer" shall include the State of Georgia and all departments, instrumentalities, and authorities thereof; each county within the state, including its school district; each independent public school district; any municipal corporation within the state and any political division thereof; any individual, firm, association, or public or private corporation engaged in any business, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and the receiver or trustee thereof; any electric membership corporation organized under Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 or other cooperative corporation engaged in rural electrification, including electric refrigeration cooperatives; any telephone cooperative organized under Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 or other cooperative or nonprofit corporation engaged in furnishing telephone service; the legal representative of a deceased employer using the service of another for pay; and any person who, pursuant to a contract or agreement with an employer, provides workers' compensation benefits to an injured employee, notwithstanding the fact that no common-law master-servant relationship or contract of employment exists between the injured employee and the person providing the benefits. If the employer is insured, this term shall include his insurer as far as applicable.   "Injury" or "personal injury" means only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment and shall not, except as provided in this chapter, include a disease in any form except where it results naturally and unavoidably from the accident. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, "injury" and "personal injury" shall include the aggravation of a preexisting condition by accident arising out of and in the course of employment, but only for so long as the aggravation of the preexisting condition continues to be the cause of the disability; the preexisting condition shall no longer meet this criteria when the aggravation ceases to be the cause of the disability. "Injury" and "personal injury" shall not include injury caused by the willful act of a third person directed against an employee for reasons personal to such employee, nor shall "injury" and "personal injury" include heart disease, heart attack, the failure or occlusion of any of the coronary blood vessels, stroke, or thrombosis unless it is shown by a preponderance of competent and credible evidence, which shall include medical evidence, that any of such conditions were attributable to the performance of the usual work of employment. Alcoholism and disabilities attributable thereto shall not be deemed to be "injury" or "personal injury" by accident arising out of and in the course of employment. Drug addiction or disabilities resulting therefrom shall not be deemed to be "injury" or "personal injury" by accident arising out of and in the course of employment except when such addiction or disability resulted from the use of drugs or medicines prescribed for the treatment of the initial injury by an authorized physician. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and solely for members of the Georgia National Guard and State Defense Force, an injury arising in the course of employment shall include any injury incurred by a member of the Georgia National Guard or State Defense Force while serving on state active duty or when traveling to and from state active duty.    (Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, §§ 2, 45; Ga. L. 1922, p. 185, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 114-101, 114-102; Ga. L. 1943, p. 401, § 1; Ga. L. 1946, p. 103; Ga. L. 1950, p. 324, § 1; Ga. L. 1950, p. 404, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 167, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 526, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 183, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 675, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1163, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 196, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 235, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 232, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 190, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1231, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2220, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1145, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 842, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1585, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2360, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2485, §§ 0.5, 5.5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 25; Ga. L. 1984, p. 816, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1038, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1110, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 0.5; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1501, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 34; Ga. L. 1991, p. 677, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1850, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 491, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 34; Ga. L. 1994, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1717, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1291, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 794, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 2/HB 509; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2012, p. 685, § 1/HB 548; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-53/HB 310.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, in paragraph (2), substituted "such county" for "said county" near the end of the fifth sentence, and, in the middle of the tenth sentence, substituted "Code Section 42-3-50" for "Code Section 42-8-70". See Editor's notes for applicability.   Code Commission notes.   - Ga. L. 2012, p. 685, § 1/HB 548, amended paragraph (2) of this Code section and in so doing omitted without expressing an intent to repeal or modify the amendment made to that paragraph made by Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214. The two amendments were not irreconcilably conflicting, and the amendment to paragraph (2) of this Code section made by Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214, was treated as not having been repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 685, § 1/HB 548.   Cross references.   - Exemption of corporate officer from coverage, § 34-9-2.1.    Compensation for permanent partial disability, § 34-9-263.   Compensation schedules, T. 34, C. 9, Art. 7.    State defense force, § 38-2-50 et seq.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Act shall apply to sentences entered on or after July 1, 2015.   Law reviews.   - For article discussing term "arising out of and in the course of employment," see 14 Ga. St. B. J. 92 (1977). For article discussing injury as a result of aggravation, see 14 Ga. St. B. J. 135 (1978). For article surveying 1978 amendments to workers' compensation law, see 15 Ga. St. B. J. 35 (1978). For article surveying developments in Georgia local government law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1981). For article surveying developments in Georgia workers' compensation law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1981). For survey article on workers' compensation, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 335 (1982). For annual survey of workers' compensation, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 431 (1986). For article, "Sexual Harassment Claims Under Georgia Law," see 6 Ga. St. B. J. 16 (2000). For article, "Workers' Compensation," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 521 (2001). For survey article on workers' compensation law for the period from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 459 (2003). For article, "Post-Creation Checklist for Georgia Business Entities," see 9 Ga. St. B. J. 24 (2004). For annual survey of law of worker's compensation, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 479 (2004). For annual survey of local government law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 289 (2005). For annual survey of workers' compensation law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 419 (2005). For survey article on workers' compensation law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 463 (2007). For survey article on workers' compensation law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 433 (2008). For annual survey on workers' compensation, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 399 (2009). For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011). For annual survey on workers' compensation, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 341 (2012). For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015). For annual survey of workers' compensation, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 287 (2015). For annual survey on decisions impacting workers' compensation, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 357 (2017). For annual survey on workers' compensation, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 289 (2018). For note discussing compensation under this chapter for original injuries aggravated by subsequent injury, continued employment, or ordinary activity, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 325 (1979). For note on 1991 amendment of this Code section, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 109 (1992). For note on 1992 amendment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 285 (1992). For note on 1993 amendment of this article, see 10 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 152 (1993). For review of 1996 workers' compensation legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 233 (1996). For comment on United States Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Stapleton, 37 Ga. App. 707, 141 S.E. 506 (1928), see 1 Ga. B. J. 53 (1927). For comment on United States Cas. Co. v. Richardson, 75 Ga. App. 496, 43 S.E.2d 793 (1947), see 10 Ga. B. J. 374 (1948). For comment on American Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. v. Benford, 77 Ga. App. 93, 47 S.E.2d 673 (1948), see 11 Ga. B. J. 79 (1948). For comment on McKiney v. Reynolds & Manley Lumber Co., 79 Ga. App. 826, 54 S.E.2d 471 (1949), see 12 Ga. B. J. 208 (1949). For comment on Bibb Mfg. Co. v. Cowan, 85 Ga. App. 816, 70 S.E.2d 386 (1952), see 4 Mercer L. Rev. 216 (1952). For comment on Hanson v. Globe Indem. Co., 85 Ga. App. 179, 68 S.E.2d 179 (1951), see 14 Ga. B. J. 484 (1952). For comment on City of Brunswick v. Edenfield, 87 Ga. App. 434, 74 S.E.2d 133 (1953), see 15 Ga. B. J. 499 (1953). For comment on Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. Marks, 88 Ga. App. 167, 76 S.E.2d 507 (1953), see 16 Ga. B. J. 215 (1953). For comment on Delta C. & S. Airlines v. Perry, 94 Ga. App. 107, 93 S.E.2d 771 (1956), see 19 Ga. B. J. 235 (1956). For comment on Ladson Motor Co. v. Croft, 212 Ga. 275, 92 S.E.2d 103 (1956), see 19 Ga. B. J. 237 (1956). For comment on Commissioners of Rds. & Revenue v. Davis, 213 Ga. 792, 102 S.E.2d 180 (1958), see 20 Ga. B. J. 540 (1958). For comment on Thomas v. United States Cas. Co., 218 Ga. 493, 128 S.E.2d 749 (1962), see 26 Ga. B. J. 126 (1963). For comment criticizing Pike v. Maryland Cas. Co., 107 Ga. App. 49, 129 S.E.2d 78 (1962), see 26 Ga. B. J. 131 (1963). For comment on Employers Ins. Co. v. Wright, 108 Ga. App. 380, 133 S.E.2d 39 (1963), see 1 Ga. St. B. J. 123 (1964). For comment on Commercial Constr. Co. v. Caldwell, 111 Ga. App. 1, 140 S.E.2d 298 (1965), see 2 Ga. St. B. J. 135 (1965). For comment criticizing Brady v. Royal Mfg. Co., 117 Ga. App. 312, 160 S.E.2d 424 (1968), see 20 Mercer L. Rev. 473 (1969). For comment on Golosh v. Cherokee Cab Co., 226 Ga. 636, 176 S.E.2d 925 (1970), see 22 Mercer L. Rev. 497 (1971). For comment on General Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bellflower, 123 Ga. App. 864, 182 S.E.2d 678 (1971), see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 449 (1972). For comment criticizing Wilkie v. Travelers Ins. Co., 124 Ga. App. 714, 185 S.E.2d 783 (1971), see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 703 (1972). For comment, "The Rights of the Lent Servant Against the General or Special Employer," in light of Forrester v. Scott, 125 Ga. App. 245, 187 S.E.2d 323 (1972), and United States Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Forrester, 126 Ga. App. 762, 191 S.E.2d 787 (1972), see 9 Ga. St. B. J. 556 (1973). For comment, "Georgia's Mental Block in Workers' Compensation," see 36 Mercer L. Rev. 971 (1985).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Employer and Employee Relationship   Injury by Accident Arising Out of and In Course of Employment   A. In General   B. Heart Attacks   C. Cerebral Hemorrhages   D. Other Illnesses    OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Coverage of only part of workforce.    - The workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) does not permit an employer to become a subscriber to an insurance policy as to one part of its employees and to remain a nonsubscriber as to the remainder of its employees. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 654.   "Employee" defined.   - In substance, the term "employee" includes every person in service of another under any contract of hire or apprenticeship. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 658.   Interpretation of "employer."    - The term "employer" as used in former Code 1933, § 114-716 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-12) must be interpreted to have the same meaning as set out in former Code 1933, §§ 114-101 and 114-102 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1). 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-55.   County employees.   - County employees have been included under workers' compensation since 1958, such coverage having been financed through general county tax funds. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-240.   Extension of coverage to county officers.   - If the governing body of a county passes a resolution to extend workers' compensation coverage to various elected officers, that resolution must include all elected county officers. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-20.   Employees of county board of health.   - The county board of health exists as an operating arm of the county, and its employees would therefore be classified as county employees for workers' compensation purposes. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 590.   County deputy sheriff.    - Counties are employers within the meaning of the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.), and a deputy sheriff of a county injured in the course of the deputy's employment would be covered by the terms thereof. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 613.   School board personnel.   - As to the applicability of workers' compensation to school board personnel, see 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-240.   County boards of education.    - Members of county boards of education are ordinarily county officers, and elected county officers are included as "employees" covered by the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) when proper provision is made therefor by the county governing authority. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-37.   Head start programs.   - Inasmuch as counties must provide workers' compensation benefits for all county school board employees working a full work week, whatever the duration of employment, such coverage must be provided in connection with head start programs administered by the county board of education; when, however, the head start program is administered by a private, nonprofit organization, there is no requirement that workers' compensation be provided. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-240.   Compensation of former school system employee.    - In determining whether a self-insured school system under the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) is required to expend funds to compensate and rehabilitate a former employee, the operative question is whether the employee received a compensable injury at a time when the person was an employee of the school system; if it is determined that the employee received a compensable injury which arose out of and in the course of employment, in effect, then the person's workers' compensation benefits, established by law, vested at that point. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-38.   Independent school systems.    - An independent school system is subject to the provisions of the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) relative to injuries sustained by the employees of that independent school system. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 67.   Multi-county planning commissions.    - Multi-county planning commissions created by participating counties and cities under Ga. L. 1957, p. 420, as amended, were not "employers" as defined in former Code 1933, §§ 114-101 and 114-102 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1) for workers' compensation purposes. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-361.   Person in service of city under implied contract.   - The definition of "employer" and "employee" in this section was broad enough to include a person who is in the service of a city under at least an implied contract in return for which the employee receives as wages quarters furnished to the employee rent free by the city. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 754.   State official/state employee.   - There is a difference between a state official and a state employee: an official is one who holds or is invested with an office, while an employee is one employed by another for wages or salary and is customarily in a position below the executive level. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-29.    Under the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.), an elected state official is not an employer, nor is the official, in most instances, an employee; however, each case should be determined on the merits. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-29.   Coverage of state departments.    - Under this section there can be no doubt that the departments of the state government are subject to the provisions of the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) when such departments, or institutions under them come within the definition of "employer"; likewise, all employees of such departments are entitled to the benefits of that law when such employees come within the definition of "employee." 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 723.    The State Board of Education is subject to the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.). 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 284.    The State Department of Defense is an employer subject to the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.). 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-52.   Board of Regents.   - The Board of Regents may carry workers' compensation insurance to cover liability. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 34.   Employee of state Bureau of Investigation.    - The widow of an employee of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation whose death arose out of and in the course of the employee's employment is entitled to death benefits under the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.). 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 424.   State employed laborers and mechanics.   - All laborers and skilled mechanics employed by the state would be considered employees, and should such a person suffer a total incapacity, that person would be entitled to recover weekly workers' compensation. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 658.   Prison inmates.   - A state prison inmate is not an employee of the state. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 656.    The workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) implies a voluntary relationship between the parties as employer and employee, and hence does not include prisoners who are compelled to perform manual labor for punishment of their offenses. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 656.   Instructors at state trade and vocational school.    - Laborers and skilled mechanics employed by the State Board of Education as instructors at a state trade and vocational school are within the protection of the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.). 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 658.   Pupils at state trade and vocational school.   - Pupils at a state trade and vocational school are neither employees nor apprentices of the school, and the state would not be liable for accidental injury sustained by them. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 658.   Agricultural students.    - Students at an agricultural school working with a farm machinery dealer as part of their curriculum, with course credits given for work, are not employees within the meaning of the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.). 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 616.   Beauty queens.    - Nonpaid "beauty queens" of the various agricultural commodity commissions are not subject to the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) under any circumstances; however, Peach Queen, who receives a per diem salary, would be covered, provided that the law's various criteria are met. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-68.   Volunteer firefighters.   - Volunteer firefighters are not entitled to workers' compensation from the State Forestry Commission. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 351.   Regional Forest Fire Protection Compact.   - A Regional Forest Fire Protection Compact does not extend the definition of "employee" for the purpose of workers' compensation. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 353.   Coverage of Neighborhood Youth Corps program.   - Under the Neighborhood Youth Corps program, the local organization which supervises and controls the youths is their employer for workers' compensation purposes during the period of control. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-134.   Newspaper dealers.    - Newspaper dealers are employers within the meaning of the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) and would be subject to the requirements thereof unless exempt because of having less than ten (now three) employees. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 613.   Newspaper delivery boy.   - If an injured newspaper delivery boy is employed by an independent contractor, the newspaper company is not liable for workers' compensation. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 613.   Compensable injury prerequisite to compensation.   - Workers' compensation benefits should not be paid unless an injured employee has in fact sustained a compensable injury under this section. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-136.   Injury during recuperation from covered accident.   - A state employee injured in an automobile accident during a period while at home recuperating from an injury for which workers' compensation was being paid was not entitled to compensation for the second injury since it did not arise out of and in course of employment. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 615.   Lunch, coffee, or rest breaks.    - Employees who eat lunch and take coffee breaks or rest periods on the premises of the employer are not under the coverage of the workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) when they stop work and start making preparations to eat their lunch or to take their coffee or rest breaks; however, if they leave the immediate premises of the employer for lunch, and could be expected to leave such premises, they remain within the scope of their employment for coverage under the law for a reasonable time in which to ingress and egress from their immediate work area. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-192.   Record-keeping requirements.    - Since the State of Georgia was specifically included in former Code 1933, §§ 114-101 and 114-102 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1) it was, by implication, included in former Code 1933, §§ 114-716 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-12), and the State of Georgia and all departments, instrumentalities, and authorities thereof must comply with the record-keeping provisions of former Code 1933, § 114-716. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-55.   AIDS.    - If an employee suffers an accident arising out of and in the course of employment and subsequently develops AIDS and can show that the disease is causally related to the accident, the condition would be compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act, O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq., so long as the claim was filed within the statutory period. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U88-7.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, §§ 1 et seq., 7.   C.J.S.   - 99 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 1 et seq.   ALR.    - Workmen's compensation: liability of general or special employer for compensation to injured employee, 3 A.L.R. 1181; 34 A.L.R. 768, 58 A.L.R. 1467, 152 A.L.R. 816.    Workmen's compensation: compensation to workmen injured through smoking, 5 A.L.R. 1521.    Insanity as affecting right of employee to compensation, 6 A.L.R. 570.    Compensation for injuries during lunch hour on employer's premises, 6 A.L.R. 1151.    Workmen's compensation: compensation for death or injury from overexertion and excitement, 6 A.L.R. 1256.    Injury from fumes or gases as accident or occupational disease within the meaning of the compensation statutes, 6 A.L.R. 1466; 23 A.L.R. 335, 90 A.L.R. 619.    Workmen's compensation: injuries received while performing service for employer before or after hours as arising out of and in the course of employment, 7 A.L.R. 1078.    Workmen's compensation: injury through curiosity as arising out of and in the course of employment, 7 A.L.R. 1305.    Workmen's compensation: compensation for death of or injury to peace officer employed in private plant, 8 A.L.R. 190.    Workmen's compensation: injury while making delivery as arising out of and in the course of employment, 8 A.L.R. 935; 23 A.L.R. 403.    Workmen's compensation: workman representing employees, or public, 8 A.L.R. 1064.    Workmen's compensation: compensation for loss or impairment of eyesight within Workmen's Compensation Acts, 8 A.L.R. 1324.    Workmen's compensation: provision denying compensation for injury through willful failure to use guard, or safety appliance, 9 A.L.R. 1377.    Workmen's compensation: operation of automobile or automobile truck as a hazardous occupation, 9 A.L.R. 1382.    Workmen's compensation: injury while riding to or from work in employer's conveyance as arising out of or in the course of employment, 10 A.L.R. 169; 21 A.L.R. 1223; 24 A.L.R. 1233; 62 A.L.R. 1438; 145 A.L.R. 1033.    Right of firemen and policemen to recover under workmen's compensation acts, 10 A.L.R. 201; 81 A.L.R. 478.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee who is resting during working hours as arising out of and in the course of his employment, 10 A.L.R. 1488; 55 A.L.R. 981.    Workmen's compensation: right to compensation for results of exposure to contagious disease, 11 A.L.R. 790; 57 A.L.R. 631.    Workmen's compensation: hemorrhage as an accident, 13 A.L.R. 438.    Workmen's compensation: right to compensation in case of injuries sustained through horseplay, or fooling, 13 A.L.R. 540; 20 A.L.R. 882; 36 A.L.R. 1469; 43 A.L.R. 492; 159 A.L.R. 319.    Workmen's compensation: injury from burning due to matches carried by employee, 14 A.L.R. 278.    Applicability and effect of workmen's compensation acts in case of injuries to minors, 14 A.L.R. 818; 33 A.L.R. 337; 49 A.L.R. 1435; 60 A.L.R. 847; 83 A.L.R. 416; 142 A.L.R. 1018.    Workmen's compensation: injury from assault, 15 A.L.R. 588; 21 A.L.R. 758; 29 A.L.R. 437; 40 A.L.R. 1122; 72 A.L.R. 110; 112 A.L.R. 1258; 172 A.L.R. 997.    Workmen's compensation: what is casual employment, 15 A.L.R. 735; 33 A.L.R. 1452; 60 A.L.R. 1195, 107 A.L.R. 934.    Workmen's compensation: interest in the business or in corporation or firm owning the business as affecting right to compensation, 15 A.L.R. 1288; 81 A.L.R. 644.    Workmen's compensation: injury while leaving place of employment at unusual time for purposes not connected with the employment, 16 A.L.R. 1169.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee while using an instrumentality of the employer for benefit of himself or third person, 16 A.L.R. 1364.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee while away from plant, primarily to serve a purpose of his own or of another employee, but which may incidentally benefit employer, 18 A.L.R. 525.    Workmen's compensation: injury or death to which preexisting physical condition of employee causes or contributes, 19 A.L.R. 95; 28 A.L.R. 204; 60 A.L.R. 1299.    Workmen's compensation: death from heart disease, 19 A.L.R. 110; 28 A.L.R. 204; 60 A.L.R. 1299.    Workmen's compensation: injury from fumes or gases as accident or occupational disease, 23 A.L.R. 335; 90 A.L.R. 619.    Workmen's compensation: injury or death due to elements, 25 A.L.R. 146; 40 A.L.R. 400; 46 A.L.R. 1218; 53 A.L.R. 1084; 83 A.L.R. 234.    Workmen's Compensation Act: applicability of state compensation act to injury within admiralty jurisdiction, 25 A.L.R. 1029; 31 A.L.R. 518; 56 A.L.R. 352.    Workmen's compensation: injury received while doing prohibited act, 26 A.L.R. 166; 58 A.L.R. 197; 83 A.L.R. 1211; 119 A.L.R. 1409.    Workmen's compensation: injury to local solicitor, collector, or outside salesman as arising out of and in the course of the employment, 29 A.L.R. 120; 36 A.L.R. 474.    Workmen's compensation: injury from imprudence in eating or drinking, or mistake as to substance taken, as arising out of and in course of employment, 29 A.L.R. 433.    Injury to muscles or nerves attributable to occupation, but not due to a sudden event, as within Workmen's Compensation Act, 29 A.L.R. 510.    Lead or other occupational poisoning as within Workmen's Compensation Act, 29 A.L.R. 691; 44 A.L.R. 371.    Workmen's compensation: applicability to charitable institutions, 30 A.L.R. 600.    Workmen's compensation: injury after stopping work for reason not personal to employee as arising out of and in the course of employment, 30 A.L.R. 972.    Workmen's compensation: one employed concurrently or jointly by several, 30 A.L.R. 1000; 58 A.L.R. 1395.    Workmen's compensation: injury as a result of labor trouble, 31 A.L.R. 1085.    Workmen's compensation: injury to servant who lives on employer's premises as arising out of or in the course of the employment, 31 A.L.R. 1251; 56 A.L.R. 512; 158 A.L.R. 606.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee temporarily leaving car or vehicle of employer for reasons personal to himself, 32 A.L.R. 806.    Workmen's compensation: kinship or family relationship between employer and claimant or employee, as affecting right to compensation, 33 A.L.R. 585.    Workmen's Compensation Act as affecting master's duty and liability under contract to furnish medical treatment to employees, 33 A.L.R. 1204.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee while engaged on employer's work, but outside the scope of his usual duty, as arising out of and in the course of the employment, 33 A.L.R. 1335; 82 A.L.R. 1251.    Workmen's compensation: specific provisions exempting liability for injury caused by willful act directed against an employee for reasons personal to him or because of his employment, 35 A.L.R. 563.    Presumption against suicide in workmen's compensation cases, 36 A.L.R. 397.    Accident and disability insurance: when insured deemed to be totally and continuously unable to transact all business duties, 37 A.L.R. 151; 39 A.L.R. 1026; 69 A.L.R. 397; 41 A.L.R. 1376; 51 A.L.R. 1048; 79 A.L.R. 857; 98 A.L.R. 789.    Workmen's compensation: aggravation by particular condition or equipment of plant of injury which in its inception was not connected with the employment, 37 A.L.R. 771.    Workmen's compensation: external infection as accident or an accidental injury, 39 A.L.R. 871.    Workmen's compensation: external infection as accident or an accidental injury, 39 A.L.R. 871.    Workmen's compensation: illness or injury due to artificial temperature as compensable, 41 A.L.R. 1124; 53 A.L.R. 1095; 61 A.L.R. 218.    Workmen's compensation: neurasthenia as compensable, 44 A.L.R. 500; 86 A.L.R. 961.    Public officer as within Workmen's Compensation Act, 44 A.L.R. 1477.    Workmen's compensation: injury to teamster or truckman before or after hours of work, 48 A.L.R. 1400.    Workmen's compensation: injuries while entering or leaving place of employment as arising out of or in course of employment, 49 A.L.R. 424; 82 A.L.R. 1043.    Workmen's compensation: death or injury while traveling as arising out of or in the course of employment, 49 A.L.R. 454; 63 A.L.R. 469; 100 A.L.R. 1053.    Convict or prisoner as within Workmen's Compensation Act, 49 A.L.R. 1381.    Workmen's compensation: right of employee to compensation for injuries received while acting in an emergency, 50 A.L.R. 1148.    Ownership of leased or rented property as constituting business, trade, occupation, etc., within workmen's compensation acts, 50 A.L.R. 1176.    Municipal corporation as an employer within Workmen's Compensation Act, 54 A.L.R. 788.    Injury during earthquake as within Workmen's Compensation Act, 54 A.L.R. 1396.    Workmen's compensation: injury after discharge, 56 A.L.R. 859; 69 A.L.R. 1121.    Workmen's compensation: injury due to eating tainted food as one arising out of and in the course of employment, 57 A.L.R. 614.    Construction and effect of provisions as to age, or employment as affected by age, in policy insuring employer against liability, 59 A.L.R. 300.    Workmen's compensation: employee temporarily engaged in personal business, 59 A.L.R. 370; 66 A.L.R. 756.    Workmen's compensation: injury accidentally inflicted on employee while on employer's premises by one who was not an employee and had no connection with the work, 60 A.L.R. 1401.    Workmen's compensation: who are within provisions of act in relation to clerical work, 62 A.L.R. 348.    Condition of bodily organs due to particles of dust or other material incident to work as compensable within Workmen's Compensation Act not covering occupational diseases, 62 A.L.R. 1460; 97 A.L.R. 1412.    Right of one, other than employer of his insurer, liable under Workmen's Compensation Act, to indemnity or contribution from the employer of his insurer, 66 A.L.R. 1433.    Workmen's compensation: rights and remedies where employee was injured by a third person's negligence, 67 A.L.R. 249; 88 A.L.R. 665; 106 A.L.R. 1040.    Workmen's compensation: injury to or incapacity of employee as result of vaccination, inoculation, or other medical or surgical treatment as compensable, 69 A.L.R. 863.    Juror as within Workmen's Compensation Act, 70 A.L.R. 1248.    Workmen's compensation: injury from assault, 72 A.L.R. 110; 112 A.L.R. 1258; 112 A.L.R. 1258.    Construction, application, and effect of provisions of workmen's compensation and employers' liability policy as regards employees not within operation of compensation acts, 73 A.L.R. 86; 117 A.L.R. 1299; 117 A.L.R. 1299.    Necessity and sufficiency of evidence that disease contracted by applicant for workmen's compensation is attributable to employment, 73 A.L.R. 488.    Workmen's compensation: deviation on personal errand as affecting question whether injury to employee on street or highway arose out of and in the course of employment, 76 A.L.R. 356.    Mingling of employer's purpose and employee's personal purpose in taking trip as affecting right to compensation under a Workmen's Compensation Act, 78 A.L.R. 684.    Workmen's compensation: street risk incurred in course of employment, 80 A.L.R. 126.    Helper, assistant, or substitute for an employee as himself an employee within contemplation of workmen's compensation act, 80 A.L.R. 522.    Workmen's compensation: interest in business, or in corporation or firm owning business, as affecting right to compensation, 81 A.L.R. 644.    Workmen's compensation: construction of provisions of acts regarding "waiting period," 81 A.L.R. 1261.    Mandamus to compel consideration, allowance, or payment of claim under workmen's compensation acts, 82 A.L.R. 1073.    Workmen's compensation: damage or injury to artificial member or other personal property of employee as compensable, 82 A.L.R. 1174.    Time to be considered in determining whether a case is within the earlier or later provisions of the workmen's compensation act, as regards compensation recoverable, 82 A.L.R. 1244.    Workmen's compensation: injuries incident to performance of employer's work in whole or in part at employee's home, 83 A.L.R. 216; 92 A.L.R. 1036.    Who are within provisions of workmen's compensation acts relating to hazardous employments or occupations, 83 A.L.R. 1018.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee while in street in front of employer's premises when going to or coming from work, 85 A.L.R. 97.    Use by employee of his own motor vehicle as affecting question whether injury or death was within Workmen's Compensation Act, 85 A.L.R. 978; 96 A.L.R. 467.    Right to compensation for injury while going to or from work as affected by fact that compensation covers the time involved or cost of transportation, or both, 87 A.L.R. 250.    Construction, application, and effect of provisions of workmen's compensation acts that make one's status as employee dependent upon amount of earnings, 87 A.L.R. 958.    Workmen's compensation: accident as a necessary condition of compensation for injury in absence of explicit provision of statute in that regard, 94 A.L.R. 584.    Use by employee of his own motor vehicle as affecting question whether injury or death was within Workmen's Compensation Act, 95 A.L.R. 467.    Needy persons put to work by municipality or other public body as means of extending aid to them as within protection of Workmen's Compensation Act, 96 A.L.R. 1154; 127 A.L.R. 1483.    Injury to employee while being transported to or from work by fellow employee not obligated to do so arising out of and in the course of employment, 97 A.L.R. 555.    Workmen's compensation: compensation as affected by external infection from original injury or subsequent accident, 102 A.L.R. 790.    Workmen's compensation: termination of employment before occurrence of disability or disease attributable to employment as affecting right to compensation, 104 A.L.R. 1210.    Status of independent contractor as distinguished from employee for purposes of workmen's compensation act as affected by intention to evade or avoid the requirements of that act, 107 A.L.R. 855.    Workmen's compensation: what is casual employment, 107 A.L.R. 934.    Workmen's compensation: application to employees engaged in farming, 107 A.L.R. 977; 140 A.L.R. 399.    "Accidental injury" within workmen's compensation act as predicable upon sudden shock or fright without physical impact with person or employee, 109 A.L.R. 892.    Implied consent of nonresident or foreign corporation to jurisdiction in proceedings under Workmen's Compensation Act as predicable upon facts which subject him or it to the substantive provisions of the act, 110 A.L.R. 1426.    Rights and obligations under Workmen's Compensation Act in respect of claims by employees of corporation during receivership or conservatorship of employer, 111 A.L.R. 328.    Status of gasoline and oil distributor or dealer as agent, employee, independent contractor, or independent dealer as regards responsibility for injury to person or damage to property, 116 A.L.R. 457; 83 A.L.R.2d 1282.    Workmen's compensation: compensation for disfigurement, 116 A.L.R. 712.    Teamster or truckman as independent contractor or employee under workman's compensation acts, 120 A.L.R. 1031.    Gradual occurrence of bruise or other traumatic injury or condition as accident within workmen's compensation act, 122 A.L.R. 839.    Injury to employee while engaged in an effort beyond the scope of his duties to increase his value to employer as one arising out of and in the course of his employment, 123 A.L.R. 1176.    What constitutes "continuous employment" within provision of group insurance policy prescribing condition of disability benefits, 124 A.L.R. 1494.    Status of one as employee within Workmen's Compensation Act as affected by violation of statute in connection with his employment, 128 A.L.R. 1310.    Who are "workmen" or "operatives" within workmen's compensation act, 129 A.L.R. 990.    Workmen's compensation: responsibility of seller or purchaser of business or plant in respect of employee's claims under act for injury, 131 A.L.R. 1362.    Status of minor employed by parent as regards provision of workmen's compensation act relating to compensation thereunder or precluding action at law for injury, 132 A.L.R. 1030.    Status as employee or servant as affected by misrepresentations in obtaining employment, 136 A.L.R. 1124.    Insurance soliciting agent as employee or independent contractor within workmen's compensation acts, 138 A.L.R. 1122.    Injury to employee in course of employment but away from employer's place of business, due to a cause or risk to which others are also subject, as arising out of the employment, within Workmen's Compensation Act, 139 A.L.R. 1472.    Schoolteacher as an employee within workmen's compensation acts, 140 A.L.R. 1383.    Workmen's compensation as covering disease contracted by employee while on street or in traveling, 141 A.L.R. 806.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee away from employer's premises during lunch hour, 141 A.L.R. 862.    Workmen's compensation: illness or injury from contaminated water, 141 A.L.R. 1490.    One temporarily impressed into public service in emergency, as within workmen's compensation act, 142 A.L.R. 657.    Workmen's compensation: injury while on way to or from work sustained by employee who does not work regular hours or is subject to call, 142 A.L.R. 885.    Workmen's compensation act as applicable to employee of concessionaire in department store, 142 A.L.R. 1400.    Industrial homeworkers as within social security, unemployment compensation, fair labor standards or workmen's compensation act, 143 A.L.R. 418.    Workmen's compensation: award with respect to operation performed to make use of corrective appliance possible or more effective, 143 A.L.R. 581.    Workmen's compensation: person in military or naval service, 143 A.L.R. 1532.    Workmen's compensation: death or injury incident to effort of employee or others for his relief in case of illness, 144 A.L.R. 361.    Workmen's compensation: person in military or naval service, 144 A.L.R. 1516.    Liability for injury to person or damage to property as result of "blackout," 147 A.L.R. 1442; 148 A.L.R. 1401; 150 A.L.R. 1448; 153 A.L.R. 1433; 154 A.L.R. 1459; 155 A.L.R. 1458; 158 A.L.R. 1463.    Workmen's compensation: injury or death of employee resulting from conduct of one to whom he had delegated performance of his duty, 148 A.L.R. 708.    Workmen's compensation: injury due to character or quality of material or equipment for cleansing or for other personal conveniences of employees, 148 A.L.R. 1017.    Transfer of business as affecting common-law remedy or workmen's compensation in respect of injuries subsequently sustained by employee, 150 A.L.R. 1166.    Workmen's compensation: person in military or naval service, 150 A.L.R. 1456.    Workmen's compensation: injury to servant who lives on employer's premises as arising out of and in the course of the employment, 158 A.L.R. 606.    Musicians or other entertainers as employees of establishment in which they perform, within meaning of workmen's compensation, social security, and unemployment insurance acts, 158 A.L.R. 915; 172 A.L.R. 325; 172 A.L.R. 325.    Workmen's compensation: injury to employee while in automobile parking lot, 159 A.L.R. 1395.    Accidental injury to employee while doing private work for his own benefit, following a continued practice in that regard, in employer's plant, 161 A.L.R. 1461.    Disability from use of intoxicants or drugs as within meaning of disability provision of insurance policy, 166 A.L.R. 833.    Workmen's compensation: coverage of industrial or business employee when performing, under orders, services for private benefit of employer or superior, or officer, representative, or stockholder of corporate employer, 172 A.L.R. 378.   Status of gasoline and oil distributor or dealer as agent, employee, independent contractor, or independent dealer as regards responsibility for injury to person or damage to property, 83 A.L.R.2d 1282.   Taxicab driver as employee of owner of cab, or independent contractor, within social security and unemployment insurance statutes, 10 A.L.R.2d 369.   Rupture of blood vessel following exertion or exercise as within terms of accident provision of insurance policy, 35 A.L.R.2d 1105.   Repeated absorption of poisonous substance as "accident" within coverage clause of comprehensive general liability policy, 49 A.L.R.2d 1263.   Route driver or salesman as independent contractor or employee of merchandise producer or processor, for purposes of respondent superior doctrine, 53 A.L.R.2d 183.   Liability insurance: "accident" or "accidental" as including loss resulting from ordinary negligence of insured or his agent, 7 A.L.R.3d 1262.   Suicide as compensable under Workmen's Compensation Act, 15 A.L.R.3d 616.   Mental incapacity or disease as constituting total or permanent disability within insurance coverage, 22 A.L.R.3d 1000.   Construction and application of provision of liability policy, other than automobile liability, excluding from coverage injury or death of employee of insured, 34 A.L.R.3d 1397.   Workmen's compensation: injury sustained while attending employer-sponsored social affair as arising out of and in the course of employment, 47 A.L.R.3d 566.   Admissibility of opinion evidence as to employability on issue of disability in health and accident insurance and worker's compensation cases, 89 A.L.R.3d 783.   What conduct in willful, intentional, or deliberate within workmen's compensation act provision authorizing tort action for such conduct, 96 A.L.R.3d 1064.   Mental disorders as compensable under workmen's compensation acts, 97 A.L.R.3d 161.   Modern status of effect of state workmen's compensation act on right of third-person tort-feasor to contribution or indemnity from employer of injured or killed workman, 100 A.L.R.3d 350.   Unemployment compensation: trucker as employee or independent contractor, 2 A.L.R.4th 1219; 37 A.L.R. Fed. 95.   Liability of urban redevelopment authority or other state or municipal agency or entity for injuries occurring in vacant or abandoned property owned by governmental entity, 7 A.L.R.4th 1129.   Willful, wanton, or reckless conduct of coemployee as ground of liability despite bar of workers' compensation law, 57 A.L.R.4th 888.   Workers' compensation: student athlete as "employee" of college or university providing scholarship or similar financial assistance, 58 A.L.R.4th 1259.   Workers' compensation: injuries incurred during labor activity, 61 A.L.R.4th 196.   Workers' compensation: effect of allegation that injury was caused by, or occurred during course of, worker's illegal conduct, 73 A.L.R.4th 270.   Workers' compensation statute as barring illegally employed minor's tort action, 77 A.L.R.4th 844.   Ownership interest in employer business as affecting status as employee for workers' compensation purposes, 78 A.L.R.4th 973.   Workers' compensation: coverage of injury occurring in parking lot provided by employer, while employee was going to or coming from work, 4 A.L.R.5th 443.   Workers' compensation: compensability of injury during tryout, employment test, or similar activity designed to determine employability, 8 A.L.R.5th 798.   Right to workers' compensation for injuries suffered after termination of employment, 10 A.L.R.5th 245.   Jurors as within coverage of workers' compensation acts, 13 A.L.R.5th 444.   Workers' compensation: Lyme disease, 22 A.L.R.5th 246.   Workers' compensation: law enforcement officer's recovery for injury sustained during exercise or physical recreation activities, 44 A.L.R.5th 569.   Presumption or inference that accidental death of employee engaged in occupation of manufacturing or processing arose out of and in course of employment, 47 A.L.R.5th 801.   Employee's injuries sustained in use of employer's restroom as covered by workers' compensation, 80 A.L.R.5th 417.   Right to workers' compensation for emotional distress or like injury suffered as result of sudden stimuli involving nonpersonnel action, 83 A.L.R.5th 103.   Right to workers' compensation for emotional distress or like injury suffered by claimant as result of sudden stimuli involving nonpersonnel action - compensability under particular circumstances, 84 A.L.R.5th 249.   Right to workers' compensation for emotional distress or like injury suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden stimuli - Right to compensation under particular statutory provisions, 97 A.L.R.5th 1.   Right to workers' compensation for emotional distress or like injury suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden stimuli - Requisites of, and factors affecting, compensability, 106 A.L.R.5th 111.   Right to workers' compensation for physical injury or illness suffered by claimant as result of sudden mental stimuli - Compensability under particular circumstances, 107 A.L.R.5th 441.   Right to workers' compensation for emotional distress or like injury suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden stimuli - Compensability under particular circumstances, 108 A.L.R.5th 1.   Right to workers' compensation for physical injury or illness suffered by claimant as result of sudden mental stimuli - Right to compensation under particular statutory provisions and requisites of, and factors affecting, compensability, 109 A.L.R.5th 161.   Award of workers' compensation benefits to professional athletes, 112 A.L.R.5th 365.   Right to workers' compensation for physical injury or illness suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden mental stimuli - Compensability of particular physical injuries or illnesses, 112 A.L.R.5th 509.   Compensability under occupational disease statutes of emotional distress or like injury suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden stimuli, 113 A.L.R.5th 115.   Application of workers' compensation laws to illegal aliens, 121 A.L.R.5th 523.   Right to workers' compensation for physical injury or illness suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden mental stimuli - Right to compensation under particular statutory provisions, 122 A.L.R.5th 653.   Application of the "mutual benefit" doctrine to workers' compensation cases, 11 A.L.R.6th 351.   Right to workers' compensation for physical injury or illness suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden mental stimuli - Requisites of, and factors affecting, compensability, 13 A.L.R.6th 209.   Right to workers' compensation for injury suffered by worker en route to or from worker's home where home is claimed as "work situs", 15 A.L.R.6th 633.   Right to workers' compensation for physical injury or illness suffered by claimant as result of sudden mental stimuli - compensability of particular injuries and illnesses, 20 A.L.R.6th 641.   Workers' compensation: nonathlete students as covered employees, 33 A.L.R.6th 251.   Right to workers' compensation for physical injury or illness suffered by claimant as result of nonsudden mental stimuli - compensability under particular circumstances, 39 A.L.R.6th 445.   Liability for injury to garbage or sanitation worker exclusive of workers' compensation benefit, 14 A.L.R.7th 2.