Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Dempsey

The employer contends that once an employee has received the maximum number of weeks of compensation allowable under Code § 114-404 as amended by the Acts of 1937, 1949 and 1955 (Ga. L. 1937, pp. 528, 531; Ga. L. 1949, pp. 1357, 1358; Ga. L. 1955, pp. 210, 211; Code, Ann. Supp., § 114-404), that he may never again receive compensation whether the loss of a member is involved in the previous awards or not. It has been held that where a person has lost a part of his leg in a previous injury, whether such previous loss involved workmen’s compensation or not, and due to an injury arising out of…