Legal Opinion

Insurance Co. of North America v. Ross

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 15, 1970No. 45583PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Judge.

1. Assuming the death certificate of the deceased employee in this workmen’s compensation case not to have been admissible in evidence over the objection made, there was yet *761ample uncontradicted evidence to establish that the death arose out of and in the course of his employment. Three witnesses testified that as he plugged in a deep freeze unit into an electric circuit he screamed, began shaking, and could not remove his left hand from the freezer; that a fellow employee jerked the electric fixture from his hand with the end of a broom and he thereupon fell over in a coma. He…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Railway Express Agency Inc. v. HarperCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
  2. Insurance Co. of North America v. CooleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Wilson v. Georgia Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1973

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