W. W. FOWLER OIL COMPANY v. HAMBY

A89A0286.

192 Ga. App. 422 (1989)

385 S.E.2d 106

W. W. FOWLER OIL COMPANY et al. v. HAMBY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cone & Shivers, Benjamin J. Johnson, for appellants.

John F. Sweet, for appellee.


POPE, Judge.

The issue presented in this workers' compensation appeal is whether the mere touching of the head of an employee with a gun by an armed robber, without any physical injury, is a sufficient discernible physical occurrence to support compensation for the resulting emotional and psychic problems experienced by the employee. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and the Board found that it was not sufficient; the superior court found that it was and reversed...

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