Legal Opinion
Cotton States Insurance v. Rutledge
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 30, 1976No. 52520PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Judge.
New Georgia Industries, as employer, and Cotton States, as insurer, bring this appeal from the order of the Superior Court of DeKalb County affirming an award of workmen’s compensation to Rutledge for an alleged work-related injury.
Rutledge suffered from a progressive and degenerative atherosclerotic circulatory disease. He had experienced an earlier period of hospitalization for the same disease in February of 1974. At that time Rutledge was diagnosed as having a chronic atherosclerotic condition with narrowing in the middle cerebral artery. He was advised not to engage in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Williams v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. CagleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Schwartz v. GreenbaumSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Williams v. Morrison Assurance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- National Union Fire Insurance Company v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Union Carbide Corp. v. CoffmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Price v. Lithonia Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Halley v. Grant Trucking, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1990
- Mayor &C. of Savannah v. GeorgeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- St. Regis Flexible Packaging Corp. v. HelmCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
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