Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Arline

Beasley, Judge.

Employer Georgia-Pacific Corporation appeals the superior court’s reversal of an award by the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, which had affirmed an award by an Administrative Law Judge. The appeal relates to the ALJ’s and the Appellate Division’s denial of temporary total disability benefits based on a change in condition. The claimant’s burden of proof in such cases is set out in Maloney v. Gordon County Farms, 265 Ga. 825, 828 (462 SE2d 606) (1995).

Arline suffered a compensable injury to the middle and index fingers of his left hand on March 9,…