Hartford Accident Indemnity Company v. Gore

Full title: HARTFORD ACCIDENT INDEMNITY COMPANY et al. v. GORE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Feb 13, 1980

265 S.E.2d 358 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)

153 Ga. App. 448

Opinion

58852.

ARGUED NOVEMBER 19, 1979.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 13, 1980.

Workers' compensation. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Morgan, Senior Judge.

Richard W. Best, for appellants.

William I. Aynes, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in affirming the award of the Board of Workers' Compensation. The award was based upon a finding that Gary Allen Gore committed suicide as a result of work-related injuries. Appellant does not contend that an award cannot be based upon suicide. See McDonald v. Atlantic Steel Co., 133 Ga. App. 157 ( 210 S.E.2d 344) (1974). Rather, appellant contends that the Board's finding of suicide was based solely upon incompetent evidence. We reject this contention. The evidence of record clearly authorized a finding that appellant committed suicide. Since there was evidence in support of the Board's finding, the judgment must be affirmed. Rucker v. Universal Memorial Co., 145 Ga. App. 724 ( 244 S.E.2d 584) (1978).

Judgment affirmed. Quillian, P. J., and Birdsong, J., concur.

SMITH, Judge.

ARGUED NOVEMBER 19, 1979 — DECIDED FEBRUARY 13, 1980.