Legal Opinion

Coleman v. Argonaut Insurance

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 18, 1975No. 50454PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Clark, Judge.

This is an appeal by a workmen’s compensation claimant from an adverse decision of the superior court affirming the award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The question presented for our determination is whether claimant carried the burden of proving she suffered a compensable injury to her lower back. In answering this inquiry, we must remember that a reviewing court cannot reweigh the evidence and substitute its own inferences and deductions for those of the fact finder merely because it deems its own conclusions more reasonable. Kamor v. Firemen’s Fund Ins. Co., 133 Ga.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cooper v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1934
  2. Employers Liability Assurance Corp. v. WoodwardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  3. Georgia Casualty Co. v. McRitchieCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  4. Roper v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  5. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. v. MullisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Medders v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  2. Miller v. ARGONAUT INSURANCECourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

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