COLBERT v. AMERICAN FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY

46346.

124 Ga. App. 808 (1971)

186 S.E.2d 432

COLBERT v. AMERICAN FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 27, 1971.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade H. Leonard, for appellant.

Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler, Martin & Lowe, Williston C. White, for appellees.


HALL, Presiding Judge.

Claimant appeals from the judgment of the superior court affirming an award of the State Board of Workmen's Compensation on the sole ground that the award of the full board was null and void because it adopted the factual findings and award of the deputy director. This, he contends, is an unauthorized appellate-type review rather than the de novo proceeding to which he is entitled under Code Ann. § 114-708.

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