City of Atlanta v. Roach

MIKELL, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) determined that Richard Roach, a City of Atlanta police officer, sustained a compensable “superadded injury” on March 6, 2006, when he suffered third-degree burns to his left hip after falling asleep on a heating pad. Roach’s hip had been fractured in a work-related incident in 2004. The appellate division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation (the “Board”) reversed the ALJ’s decision, with one judge dissenting. Roach appealed to the superior court, which set aside the Board’s award and reinstated the…