Aetna Insurance Co. v. Gipson

Jordan, Judge.

An agreement fixing compensation between the employer and employee, approved by the Board of Workmen’s Compensation, and not appealed from, is res judicata as to the matters therein determined, and the parties are precluded from thereafter contradicting or challenging the matters thus agreed upon. Lumbermen’s Mut. Cas. Co. v. Cook, 195 Ga. 397, 399 (24 SE2d 309); Hartford Accident &c. Co. v. Carroll, 75 Ga. App. 437, 444 (43 SE2d 722). Under this principle as applied to the evidence in this case, it is our opinion that the compensation agreement entered into between the claimant…