Strickland v. Crossmark, Inc.

Miller, Chief Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation (the “Board”) denied Mary Ann Strickland’s claim for benefits after finding that she failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that she had sustained a compensable injury. Further, the ALJ denied Strickland’s request for attorney fees under OCGA § 34-9-108, finding that Crossmark, Inc. and American Casualty Company of Reading Pennsylvania, her employer/insurer, respectively (collectively “Crossmark”), properly controverted Strickland’s claim pursuant…