Webb v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. By deposition one of the claimant’s medical doctors testified that on two occasions prior to the original agreement between the claimant and his employer as to total disability, the claimant had been advised that he could return to work. The claimant argues that the agreement is res judicata and evidence as to his pre-agreement condition should not have been heard. Gorman v. Employers Mut. Liab. Ins. Co., 113 Ga. App. 500 (1) (148 SE2d 463). If the pre-agreement opinion of the doctor was the only evidence of the, change in the claimant’s condition, Gorman would be…