Aetna Insurance Company v. Jones

Deen, Judge.

1. Findings of fact on which the award in a workmen’s compensation case is based must be supported by testimony. Bituminous Cas. Corp. v. Chambers, 84 Ga. App. 295 (66 SE2d 196). Therefore, a misstatement of significant testimony will be ground for referral back to the board of an award otherwise supported by evidence where it is possible that a proper understanding of the evidence might have caused the finder of fact to reach a different conclusion. Here, although the evidence is in conflict both as to whether the claimant was in fact suffering from a back injury, and whether if…