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ABERNATHY v. CITY OF ALBANY

No. S97A2019.

495 S.E.2d 13 (1998)

269 Ga. 88

ABERNATHY v. CITY OF ALBANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied February 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene C. Black, Jr., Albany, for Joel Abernathy.

Todd Stuart Handelman, Lewis Ramon Lamb, Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, Andrew J. Hamilton, Ralph Joseph Hiers, Hamilton, Westby, Marshall & Antonowich, Daniel C. Kniffen, Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for the City of Albany.

Robert R. Potter, Kenneth Bruce Still, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

Alex Brian Wallach, George, Bartles & Wallach, Forest Park, for Amicus Appellant.

CARLEY, Justice.

While employed as a park maintenance supervisor for the City of Albany, Joel Abernathy suffered a psychic trauma which was not preceded or accompanied by a physical injury. Asserting a disability resulting from this psychic trauma, Abernathy sought workers' compensation benefits. The Administrative Law Judge denied the claim, because Abernathy suffered no physical injury. The Appellate Division adopted this award and the superior court affirmed. The...

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