Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance v. Smith

In Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. King, 133 Ga. App. 458 (211 SE2d 396), this court considered a controlling issue involved in this case. There, the court held that the provision in Code Ann. § 114-709 that compensation under a prior order "shall continue until terminated or suspended by award or order of the board” conveyed the same import as a deleted former provision that a retroactive award " 'shall not affect any compensation actually paid to any employee.’ ” Id., p. 459. The court expressly rejected the contention that the legislature intended for the employer-insurer to recover the…