WAGA-TV, INC. v. Yang

Smith, Presiding Judge.

We granted the employer’s application for discretionary appeal in this workers’ compensation case to consider the superior court’s application of Smith v. Lockheed-Ga. Co., 185 Ga. App. 869 (366 SE2d 178) (1988). Here, the superior court relied upon Smith to reverse the finding of the administrative law judge and the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation that James Yang had undergone a change of condition from total disability to temporary partial disability. Because we conclude that Smith does not apply to the facts presented here, we reverse.

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