Wilkins v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance
Wilkins v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance
Opinion of the Court
1. No rule is more firmly established under the workmen’s compensation law than that stated in Maryland Casualty Co. v. Hopkins, 71 Ga. App. 175, 177 (30 S. E. 2d 357): “The workmen’s compensation act makes the finding of the board upon the facts final and conclusive, and in the absence of fraud such finding cannot be set aside by any court, if there is any competent evidence to support it. Code § 114-710; Georgia Casualty Co. v. Martin, 157 Ga. 909 (122 S. E. 881); Maryland Casualty Co. v. England, 160 Ga. 810 (129 S. E. 75); Bituminous Casualty Co. v. Jackson, 68 Ga. App. 447 (23 S. E. 2d 191). The weight and credit to be given to the testimony of the witnesses and also the conflicts in the evidence were matters for determination by the board. Continental Casualty Co. v. Bennett, 69 Ga. App. 683 (26 S. E. 2d 682); Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Williams, 44 Ga. App. 452 (161 S. E. 853); Bituminous Casualty Co. v. Jackson, supra; Continental Casualty Co. v. Bennett, supra.’’ Weathers v. American Cas. Co., 94 Ga. App. 530 (1) (95 S. E. 2d 436); Wiley v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 98 Ga. App. 241 (105 S. E. 2d 377).
2. Applying the foregoing principles of law to the facts of the present case, the trial director was authorized to find that
Judgment affirmed.
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