Hercules, Inc. v. Adams

Webb, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case the administrative law judge found that pursuant to Federal Ins. Co. v. Spooner, 107 Ga. App. 175 (129 SE2d 214) (1962), the employer had not carried its burden of proving that the employee had undergone a change in condition since the rendition of the award, because the only evidence submitted as to a change in condition was the testimony of one doctor who examined the employee approximately a year after the original injury.

On appeal, the board of workmen’s compensation noted that the Spooner case was decided prior to the 1968 amendment of Code…