Legal Opinion
Laughlin v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 7, 2004No. A03A2572PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Judge.
We granted Kennith Laughlin’s application for discretionary appeal to consider whether the Superior Court of Fulton County erred in dismissing, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, Laughlin’s petition for writ of certiorari. See OCGA § 5-4-1 (a). For the reasons which follow, we affirm.
The record reveals the following undisputed facts. Laughlin worked as a City of Atlanta police officer for 28 years. In 2001, Laughlin applied for workers’ compensation benefits in connection with a back injury. After a hearing, the Board of Workers’ Compensation determined that Laughlin…
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