Massey v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

The injury to the plaintiff’s foot was not a permanent injury to a specific member, such as entitled him to have his compensation based upon the schedule set out in Code § 114-406 (section 32 of the Act), but the claimant was entitled to compensation for a partial incapacity to work under Code § 114-405. The award of the board was erroneous, and the superior court properly overruled and set the same aside and remanded the case to the board for further proceedings in accordance with the judgment of that court. In Georgia Casualty Co. v. Jones, 156 Ga. 664 (119 S. E. 721), the Supreme Court…