Hardeman v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Deen, Judge.

Under the decision in St. Paul Fire &c. Ins. Co. v. Seay, 123 Ga. App. 828 (182 SE2d 705), it is error for the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation to shift payments from total disability under Code Ann. § 114-404 to partial disability under Code Ann. § 114-405 where "there has been no finding or determination made as to the weekly wages which the claimant is able to earn upon which an intelligent calculation can be made of the compensation to be paid,” even though the evidence on change of condition shows an amelioration of the employee’s condition and that he is no longer…