ITT Continental Baking Co. v. Powell

182 Ga. App. 533 (1987)

356 S.E.2d 267

ITT-CONTINENTAL BAKING COMPANY et al.

v.

POWELL.

73492.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 20, 1987.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1987.

Daniel C. Kniffen, for appellants.

John M. Strain, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Judge.

We granted ITT's application for discretionary review of the trial court's affirmance of a workers' compensation award to claimant Powell.

Claimant's duties required prolonged standing on a concrete floor. Because of swelling and pain in his feet, claimant consulted a podiatrist not on the employer's list of approved physicians. When the problems…