Zippy Mart, Inc. v. Fender

This is another in the long line of difficult cases concerning the compensability under the Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”) of injuries resulting from heart disease. The Workers’ Compensation Board (“Board”) found the claimant’s injury, a quintuple coronary artery bypass, to be compensable, and this decision was affirmed by the superior court on appeal. This majority has affirmed that judgment by applying the “any evidence” rule and by distinguishing Southwire Co. v. Cato, 250 Ga. 895 (302 SE2d 91). In my view, the award must be reversed, and I respectfully dissent from the majority’s…