Legal Opinion
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Hodges
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 15, 1963No. 40269PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Judge.
“Where there is any evidence to support the award of the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation, neither the superior court nor this court has any authority to review the evidence and decide that the weight of the evidence is contrary to such award,” Ford v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 99 Ga. App. 257, 258 (108 SE2d 311); and under the decision of the Supreme Court in American Mut. &c. Ins. Co. v. Sisson, 198 Ga. 623 (32 SE2d 295), if the award was authorized by any competent evidence, it must be affirmed even if the board or hearing director considered illegal evidence or assigned…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- American Mutual Liability Insurance v. SissonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Bussey v. Globe Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Parks v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
- Hayslip v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
- Klein v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Miller v. Travelers Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Williams v. Morrison Assurance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Wood v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
- Borden Foods Company v. DorseyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Smith v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
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