Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. Gibson

The threshold issue, as I see it, is whether the board has authority to reconsider, amend or revise an award on the ground that it contains an apparent error of law. OCGA § 34-9-103 (b) authorizes the board to revise an award, within the time period for appeal to the *856superior court, “to correct apparent errors and omissions.” In Cotton States Ins. Co. v. Bates, 140 Ga. App. 428 (231 SE2d 445) (1976), this court interpreted the intent of the statute as “[allowing] the board to correct mistakes in an award which [appear] in the record of the case.” (Emphasis supplied.) Id. at 429. We offered as…