Legal Opinion
City Council of Augusta v. Nevils
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 24, 1979No. 57187PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Banke, Presiding Judge.
The claimant in this workers’ compensation case, an employee of the Augusta Fire Department, aggravated a previous, work-related knee injury while playing on the "Augusta Fire Department softball team.” He had received a lump sum workers’ compensation award for the previous injury on the basis of a 10 percent disability to the leg. He filed a new claim for compensation, giving the date of the original injury as the date of injury, and was awarded additional compensation based on an additional 15 percent disability to the leg.
The administrative law judge ruled that the…
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- Morrison Assurance Co. v. HodgesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
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