Legal Opinion

Adcock v. Adcock

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 2, 2002No. A02A1634PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

D. W. Adcock filed a claim with the State Board of Workers’ Compensation to recover workers’ compensation benefits from his employer and MAG Mutual Insurance Company for a disabling skin condition that precluded him from continuing his profession as a hand surgeon. The administrative law judge made two critical factual findings: (1) the skin condition was a compensable injury caused and aggravated by the numerous surgical pre-scrubbings and in-office cleansings required by Adcock’s profession, and (2) MAG Mutual had misled Adcock when it denied his claim and falsely told *701him…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Shipman v. Employers Mutual Liability InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  2. Hallisey v. Fort Howard Paper Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  3. BROWN TRANSPORT CORPORATION v. JamesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  4. Jones County Board of Education v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Home Indemnity Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. JMJ Plumbing v. CudihyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Cho Carwash Property, LLC v. EverettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  3. Cho Carwash Property, LLC v. Dustin EverettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  4. Jmj Plumbing v. Derek CudihyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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