Neal v. Insurance Company of North America

Full title: NEAL v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA et al

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 17, 1971

186 S.E.2d 552 (Ga. Ct. App. 1971)

186 S.E.2d 552

Opinion

46470.

SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 8, 1971.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 17, 1971. REHEARING DENIED DECEMBER 8, 1971.

Workmen's compensation. Whitfield Superior Court. Before Judge Painter from Lookout Mountain Circuit.

Wade H. Leonard, for appellant.

McCamy, Minor, Phillips Tuggle, J. T. Fordham, for appellees.

BELL, Chief Judge.

The State Board of Workmen's Compensation, when reviewing a deputy director's findings of fact and his award, where no additional evidence is received, may adopt the deputy director's findings of fact and his award. Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. West, 213 Ga. 296, 298 ( 99 S.E.2d 89); Ideal Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ray, 92 Ga. App. 273 ( 88 S.E.2d 428); Rittenhouse v. U.S. Fidel. c. Co., 96 Ga. App. 407, 410 ( 100 S.E.2d 145).

Judgment affirmed. Pannell and Deen, JJ., concur.

SUBMITTED SEPTEMBER 8, 1971 — DECIDED NOVEMBER 17, 1971 — REHEARING DENIED DECEMBER 8, 1971.