Ashley v. American Mutual Liability Insurance

Hall, Presiding Judge.

Claimant appeals from the judgment of the Bibb County Superior Court affirming the award of the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation which had set aside an award of benefits by the deputy director.

On May 10, 1968, claimant tripped and fell on his left side while working. The next day he consulted an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. L. E. Dickey, about his left arm, and in September Dr. Dickey performed surgery upon the arm. Claimant had broken this arm in 1957 and was also treated at that time by Dr. Dickey who testified that the 1968 x-rays showed fractures in exactly the same…