American Casualty Co. v. Herron

Townsend, Judge.

1. In ascertaining the physical condition of a claimant in a workmen’s compensation case, the director has a right to consider the physical appearance of the claimant at the hearing. Bituminous Cas. Corp. v. Wilbanks, 68 Ga. App. 631, 636 (23 S. E. 2d 519); Davis v. Bibb Mfg. Co., 75 Ga. App. 515, 520 (43 S. E. 2d 780) and citations. The. hearing director accordingly did not act improperly in considering the physical condition of the claimant as the same appeared to him from observation in the courtroom as a factor substantiating testimony that the claimant was in as good…