American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Hampton

1. Section 31 of the Georgia workmen’s compensation act (Ga. L. 1920, p. 183) provides that, except for the specific injuries scheduled in section 32, “when the incapacity for work resulting from the injury is partial, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, as hereinafter provided, to the injured employee .during such incapacity, a weekly compensation equal to one half the difference between his average weekly wages before the injury and the average weekly wages which he is able to earn thereafter, but not more than twelve dollars a week.” With the exceptions above indicated, the act…