Durham v. Twiggs County Board of Commissioners

Blackburn, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Twiggs County Superior Court’s affirmance of the denial of a claim for workers’ compensation. We also affirm.

The appellant, Bobby Durham, was employed as an equipment operator with the Twiggs County Board of Commissioners. On June 1, 1988, while Durham was operating a tractor with a bush hog, his right foot was struck by a rock thrown by the mower blade. He wrapped a handkerchief around the injured area of his foot and continued to work.

Durham did not seek medical care until July 11, 1988, when he went to his personal physician, Dr. Frank Pechel,…