Legal Opinion
Smith v. Brown Steel, Georgia Associated General Contractors Self-Insurers Trust Fund
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 28, 1998No. A98A0652PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMurray, Presiding Judge.
We granted the discretionary appeal in this workers’ compensation case to determine if the superior court exceeded the lawful scope of its review in reversing the State Board’s award for the employee.
On April 27, 1994, Ronny Smith sustained a compensable back injury in the course of his employment as a welder for Brown Steel. Subsequently, Smith underwent a lumbar laminectomy and diskectomy in August 1994 and an anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion in January 1996. After the surgery, Smith’s condition improved to the point that his treating physician released him…
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