Davis v. Atlantic Steel Corporation

1. A death certificate filed under the provisions of law shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein (Code, Ann. Supp., § 88-1118); and though such presumption is-a rebuttable one (McWaters v. Employers Liability Assur. Corp., 73 Ga. App. 586, 37 S. E. 2d 430), it is a question for decision by the fact-finding body whether conflicting evidence introduced was sufficient to rebut such presumption.

2. Where the evidence showed an accidental injury to the employee’s leg and subsequent amputation of the leg, which amputation was adjudicated, on a previous hearing, to have been…