Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company v. Mauldin

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The main appeal (56172) involves a judgment of the superior court affirming an award of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation (changed from State Board Of Workmen’s Compensation, Ga. L. 1978, pp. 2220, 2221, effective July 1, 1978). The cross appeal (56173) asserts that the costs provided in Code Ann. § 114-712 (Code § 114-712, as amended through Ga. L. 1943, pp. 167-169) should have been granted to the claimant since the proceedings were appealed to the superior court without reasonable grounds. Held:

1. The claimant, after sustaining an injury on July 15,1976,…