OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTY COMPANY v. HULSEY

39352.

105 Ga. App. 479 (1962)

125 S.E.2d 115

OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTY COMPANY et al. v. HULSEY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Field, Ringel, Martin & Carr, Richard D. Carr, W. Dent Acree, for plaintiffs in error.

James I. Parker, contra.


CARLISLE, Presiding Judge.

1. While it has been held that the disability for which compensation is payable under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act is the economic disability which the employee suffers as the result of an injury, this economic disability is to be measured solely by the difference in the earning capacity of the employee before and after the injury. Accordingly, income received by the employee from outside sources and in no way...

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