Rachel v. Simmons Co.

Deen, Chief Judge.

The salient facts developed on the first hearing of this workers’ compensation case are to be found in Rachel v. Simmons Co., 141 Ga. App. 236 (233 SE2d 56) (1977). The case was reversed because, pursuant to an order holding the transcript open for further medical testimony, the deposition of the employee’s attending physician, Dr. Brown, was taken on cross examination by the employer who refused to allow claimant’s counsel to examine the doctor on direct. Following this another hearing was held in which the claimant testified at some length regarding a leg injury, and the…