Marine Port Terminals, Inc. v. Dixon

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

William J. Dixon was awarded workers’ compensation benefits after suffering an accidental injury while working for Marine Port Terminals, Inc. in Brunswick. The Terminals and its workers’ compensation insurer, Crum & Forster (the employer/insurer), appeal from the award claiming that compensation was barred because: (1) Dixon unjustifiably refused to submit to a urine test requested pursuant to OCGA § 34-9-17 (b) to determine the presence of alcohol or drugs, and (2) this refusal gave rise to an unrebutted presumption under that Code section that the accident and…