Kissel v. Aetna Casualty Surety Company

Full title: KISSEL v. AETNA CASUALTY SURETY COMPANY

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Oct 23, 1975

221 S.E.2d 645 (Ga. Ct. App. 1975)

136 Ga. App. 504

Opinion

51133.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 17, 1975.

DECIDED OCTOBER 23, 1975. REHEARING DENIED NOVEMBER 10, 1975.

Workmen's compensation. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Hubert.

Russell Nardone, Walter B. Russell, Jr., for appellant.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer Murphy, Daryll Love, James C. Rawls, for appellee.

WEBB, Judge.

In this workmen's compensation case the deputy director, and then the full board, found adversely to the claimant. The superior court affirmed the award. There being sufficient competent evidence to support the award, the judgment of the superior court affirming the award must be affirmed under the "any evidence" rule. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. New, 110 Ga. App. 596 ( 139 S.E.2d 343); Adams v. United States F..G. Co., 125 Ga. 232, 234 (1) ( 186 S.E.2d 784). "We equally apply the `any evidence' rule to claimants as well as to employers." Continental Cas. Co. v. Weise, 136 Ga. App. 353, 355.

Judgment affirmed. Bell, C. J., and Marshall, J., concur.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 17, 1975 — DECIDED OCTOBER 23, 1975 — REHEARING DENIED NOVEMBER 10, 1975.