Wilson v. Manville Building Materials Products, Inc.

Pope, Judge.

The sole issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether sufficient notice of the claimant’s injury was given to comply with OCGA § 34-9-80. After the hearing on the claim the Administrative Law Judge found that Wilson, the 29-year-old claimant, was employed as a general mechanical maintenance person whose duties included replacing large and small electrical motors, chains and gear boxes, which required lifting, squatting, stooping, bending, kneeling and reaching. It was undisputed that Wilson had had back surgery on two occasions in 1983 which were not work-related. The first…