Diers v. House of Hines, Inc.

5 Citing cases

  1. Bibb County Board of Educ. v. Bembry

    286 Ga. App. 878 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007)   Cited 3 times

    Wilson v. Aragon Mills, 110 Ga. App. 392, 393 ( 138 SE2d 596) (1964).Diers v. House of Hines, Inc., 168 Ga. App. 282 (1) ( 308 SE2d 611) (1983).Elbert County Bd. of Commrs. v. Burnett, 200 Ga. App. 379, 381-382 ( 408 SE2d 168) (1991).

  2. Thomaston Mills, Inc. v. Kierbow

    363 S.E.2d 276 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987)   Cited 2 times

    See OCGA ยง 34-9-261." Diers v. House of Hines, 168 Ga. App. 282 (2) ( 308 S.E.2d 611) (1983). "This is a court for the correction of errors of law.

  3. Poulnot v. Dundee Mills Corp.

    328 S.E.2d 228 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985)   Cited 8 times

    "The findings and conclusions of the full board supersede those of the administrative law judge [cit.], and we are required under the "any evidence" rule to uphold those findings and conclusions.' [Cit.]" Diers v. House of Hines, 168 Ga. App. 282 (1) ( 308 S.E.2d 611) (1983). "It is the law in this state that if there is any evidence to support a finding of the Workers' Compensation Board, the superior court may not reverse the award unless errors of law were committed. Moreover, in determining whether evidence in the case meets the `any evidence' rule, the evidence will be construed in the light most favorable to the party prevailing before the board and every presumption in favor of the [b]oard's award is indulged.

  4. Fairfield Plantation v. Parmer

    327 S.E.2d 580 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985)   Cited 3 times

    "`Under numerous decisions of this court, an award of the [Workers'] Compensation Board will not be disturbed where there is any evidence to support it. The weight and credit to be given the testimony of the witnesses, and the conflicts in the evidence, are matters for determination by the board.' [Cit.] `The findings and conclusions of the full board supersede those of the administrative law judge [Cit.], and we are required under the "any evidence" rule to uphold those findings and conclusions.' [Cit.]" Diers v. House of Hines, Inc., 168 Ga. App. 282 (1) ( 308 S.E.2d 611) (1983). "An award of compensation has been held to be justified when `. . . the claimant sustains a second accident as the result of a specific job-related incident which aggravates a pre-existing condition which resulted from a prior accident.

  5. Hodges v. William L. Sloan, Inc.

    326 S.E.2d 556 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985)   Cited 7 times

    The Board is the trier of fact and law and we are bound by its finding if there is "any evidence" to support that finding. Diers v. House of Hines, 168 Ga. App. 282 ( 308 S.E.2d 611) (1983). Evidence showed that appellant worked for appellee for four days as a welder's assistant.