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U. S. CASUALTY COMPANY v. TRUETT

40353.

108 Ga. App. 322 (1963)

132 S.E.2d 789

U. S. CASUALTY COMPANY et al. v. TRUETT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 16, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodruff, Savell, Lane & Williams, John M. Williams, for plaintiffs in error.

E. B. Jones, Jr., Howe & Murphy, Harold L. Murphy, contra.

NICHOLS, Presiding Judge.

The employer and the insurer contend that the original agreement entered into between the parties and approved by the board showing an injury to the claimant's leg only, under the doctrine of res judicata, estops the claimant from later claiming or being awarded compensation for injury to his back arising from the same accident.

Under the decisions in Automatic Sprinkler Corp. v. Rucker, 87 Ga.App. 375

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