Johnson v. DeKalb County

Pope, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the DeKalb County Superior Court which affirmed an award of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. The record shows that following a hearing, the Board found that appellant had not kept an appointment for a medical examination. The Board suspended benefit payments pursuant to Code Ann. § 114-503. The Board also found that appellant had failed to notify it of his current whereabouts. On appeal the superior court found that the record contained no admissible evidence that appellant had failed to report for the medical examination. However, that…