Marta v. Powell

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Pursuant to our grant of authority to appeal under OCGA § 5-6-35 (a), MARTA contends the trial court erred by affirming the award by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation granting John M. Powell an $8,250 lump sum advance of benefits.

The record shows that after Powell received a compensable injury and had received benefits for over 26 weeks, he requested a lump sum advance to redeem his home which was sold at a tax sale. The record also shows, however, that the title to the property is only in Powell’s wife. Although Powell originally requested an advance of…