Davis v. Carter Mechanical, Inc.

Adams, Judge.

William Davis, Jr. was injured on January 16,1998, in the course of his employment with Carter Mechanical, Inc., when a large steel platform fell on his right leg. He sought to have his injury designated as “catastrophic” under the applicable provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act, OCGA § 34-9-200.1 (g) (6). The administrative law judge found that Davis’s injury was catastrophic as defined under the Act, but the appellate division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation reversed that finding. The superior court affirmed. We granted Davis’s discretionary appeal to address…