Georgia Mental Health Institute v. Padgett

McMurray, Chief Judge.

This case involves a workers’ compensation claim. On November 21, 1979, Theodore Padgett (an employee of the Georgia Mental Health Institute, State of Georgia) suffered serious injuries to his leg and arm when a forklift he was driving overturned and landed on top of him. Beginning November 28, 1979, Padgett received benefits from his employer at the rate of $110 per week (% of his average weekly wage of $223, but not more than $110 per week as payment for total *354disability). See OCGA § 34-9-26L (formerly Code Ann. § 114-404, as amended by Ga. L. 1978, pp. 2220, 2222).…