Glynn County Board of Commissioners v. Mimbs

Quillian, Chief Judge.

The claimant, a police officer employed by Glynn County, sought recovery for Workers’ Compensation benefits on the theory that his retirement from the police department was the result of disability caused by stress. He contended that he suffered from inogenous depression and anxiety neurosis which were disabling. After a hearing, the Administrative Law Judge ruled that the claimant failed to establish that his depression met the requirement of an occupational disease as described in Code Ann. § 114-803 (5) (d) (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 102, 106; 1971, pp. 895, 900), and…