Insurance Co. of North America v. Brannon

Stolz, Judge.

James Brannon worked as a tractor-trailer driver for the Howard Johnson Company until a lung condition rendered him unable to continue his employment. Mr. Brannon filed a workmen’s compensation claim, contending that he became totally disabled when a pre-existing lung problem was aggravated by working in the freezing temperatures of the dry and freezer warehouses of the company. In an interlocutory order, the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation referred the claimant’s case to the Medical Board, pursuant to Code Ann. §§ 114-803, 114-819 (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 102, 106, 113) for a…