Holder v. City of Atlanta

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

We granted this discretionary appeal to review an order of the superior court denying Richard Holder’s demand for judgment on an agreement, approved by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, that settled Holder’s workers’ compensation dispute with his employer, the City of Atlanta. Because the superior court’s order relied on an earlier void order, we are constrained to reverse.

The issue before us turns on a question of legal error. “[Erroneous applications of law to undisputed facts, as well as decisions based on erroneous theories of law, are subject to the de…