SYNTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. v. GODFREY

No. S97A1511.

496 S.E.2d 905 (1998)

269 Ga. 170

SYNTEC INDUSTRIES, INC., et al. v. GODFREY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.L. Cromartie, III, Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, LLP, Rome, for Syntec Industries, Inc., et al.

Cleve Burton, Rome, for Sheila Godfrey.


SEARS, Justice.

We granted a discretionary appeal in this case to consider whether OCGA § 34-9-103(a), as amended in 1994,1 violates due process by impermissibly shifting the burden of proof on appeal to a prevailing party who did not have a burden of proof before the administrative law judge; whether it permits the appellate division of the State Board of Workers' Compensation to weigh the evidence and judge the credibility of witnesses...

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