NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. JOHNSTON

45385.

122 Ga. App. 332 (1970)

177 S.E.2d 125

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. JOHNSTON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 14, 1970.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Charles L. Drew, Robert L. Cowles, for appellants.

George B. Rushing, for appellee.


JORDAN, Presiding Judge.

1. It is well settled that a review under Code § 114-708, as amended, by the State Board of Workmen's Compensation of the award of a single director is a de novo investigation. Upon review the full board may remand the case to a single director for the taking of additional evidence. By a rule of long standing, now Rule 22, the board purports to limit its own powers in hearing new evidence to the standards for newly discovered evidence...

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