Legal Opinion
Harris v. Peach County Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 11, 2009No. A08A1846PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Judge.
In this workers’ compensation action, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) for the State Board of Workers’ Compensation granted Wendy Harris’s claim for benefits after finding that she sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of her employment. After the Board’s Appellate Division affirmed and adopted the decision of the ALJ, Harris’s employer, the Peach County Board of Commissioners, appealed to the Superior Court of Peach County. The superior court concluded that the ALJ and the Board’s Appellate Division misapplied the legal standard in determining whether…
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