Nelson v. FELTON PEARSON COMPANY, INC.

Cooper, Judge.

We granted appellant’s application for discretionary appeal from the superior court’s reversal of an award of the full board of workers’ compensation. The sole enumeration of error is whether the award should have been affirmed by operation of law pursuant to OCGA § 34-9-105 (b) (prior to 1989 amendments).

OCGA § 34-9-105 (b) provides that upon appeal by either party of a final award of the board, the board shall transmit the record to the clerk of the appropriate superior court within 30 days. The statute further provides that: “The case so appealed may then be brought by either…