National Union Fire Insurance Company v. Johnston

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

1. It is well settled that a review under Code § 114-708, as amended, by the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation of the award of a single director is a de novo investigation. Upon review the full board may remand the case to a single director for the taking of additional evidence. By a rule of long standing, now Rule 22, the board purports to limit its own powers in hearing new evidence to the standards for newly discovered evidence as a basis for a new trial in the courts of this State. Generally this court, in reviewing the action of the board, the usual case being…