Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Williams
Cases that cite this one
26 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Dickerson v. Hulsey (Ga. Ct. App. 1976)
- Wachovia Mortgage Co. v. Moore (Ga. Ct. App. 1976)
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Weise (Ga. Ct. App. 1975)
- Phoenix Ins. of Hartford v. Weaver (Ga. Ct. App. 1971)
- Anderson v. Crippen (Ga. Ct. App. 1970)
- Macon-bibb County Board of Tax Assessors v. J. C. Penney Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1999)
- Equity National Life Insurance v. Shelnutt (Ga. Ct. App. 1973)
- Cochran v. Lynch (Ga. Ct. App. 1972)
- Medley v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1970)
- Wilson v. Aragon Mills (Ga. Ct. App. 1964)
- SPRINGFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY v. Harris (Ga. Ct. App. 1962)
- Wilkins v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance (Ga. Ct. App. 1960)
- Wiley v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (Ga. Ct. App. 1958)
- Weathers v. American Casualty Company (Ga. Ct. App. 1956)
- New Amsterdam Casualty Company v. Brown (Ga. Ct. App. 1954)
- American Mutual Liability Insurance v. King (Ga. Ct. App. 1953)
- B. F. Goodrich Co. v. Arnold (Ga. Ct. App. 1953)
- Autry v. General Motors Bop Assembly Plant (Ga. Ct. App. 1952)
- American Motorists Insurance v. Blaylock (Ga. Ct. App. 1951)
- Carroll v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1946)
- Rhindress v. Atlantic Steel Company (Ga. Ct. App. 1944)
- Maryland Casualty Company v. Hopkins (Ga. Ct. App. 1944)
- Rhindress v. Atlantic Steel Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1944)
- Ingram v. Liberty Mutual Insurance (Ga. Ct. App. 1940)
- BF Goodrich Company v. Arnold (Ga. Ct. App. 1953)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
1. The testimony of the physicians as to the want of any causal connection between the employee's injuries and the cerebral hemorrhage and high blood pressure from which he died was not binding upon the industrial commission, but the question as to the weight and credit to be given to such testimony was a matter to be determined by the commission. Wall v. State, 112 Ga. 336 (2) (37 S. E. 371) ; Rouse v. State, 135 Ga. 227 (69 S. E. 180) ; Travelers Insurance Co. v. Thornton, 119 Ga. 455 (46 S. E. 678); Manley v. State, 166 Ga. 563 (19), 597 (144 S. E. 170).
2. It appearing, from the evidence, that the decedent was performing the duties of a well and able-bodied man at the time he was injured, and that besides being struck upon the leg he received a severe blow upon his side, about two inches above the hip-bone, which was followed for some time by the passage of blood from his bowels; and that, although he was later dismissed by the attending physician as being able to return to work, he was unable to leave his home for this purpose, but continued in a state of illness and steadily grew worse until his death a few weeks later, in the meantime complaining of his side, and there being no evidence whatever that he was suffering from any sort of disease or disability at the time he was injured, the industrial commission was not absolutely unwarranted in finding that the high blood pressure and cerebral hemorrhage from which the decedent died resulted naturally and unavoidably from the injury, and that his death from that cause arose out of and in the course of his employment. Atlanta, Knoxville &c. R. Co. v. Gardner, 122 Ga. 82 (11) (49 S. E. 818) ; Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Gilleland, 133 Ga. 621 (2) (66 S. E. 944); U. S. Casualty Co. v. Smith, 34 Ga. App. 363 (4) (129 S. E. 880).
3. It follows that the superior court did not err in refusing to set aside the award of the industrial commission as being without any competent evidence to support it.
Judgment affirmed.
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