Hayes v. Consolidated Freightways

Stolz, Judge.

1. "The Workmen’s Compensation Act of this State contains no provision which automatically cancels an award which the board has pursuantly made for disability compensation benefits to an employee who has sustained a compensable injury. Code Ann. § 114-709 and Rule 17 which the compensation board adopted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of that section of the Code provide ample and the only available procedure for terminating or modifying such an award and, until it is thus terminated or modified, the employer or his insurance carrier must comply with the terms of…