Opinion
39383.
DECIDED APRIL 3, 1962.
Workmen's compensation. Floyd Superior Court. Before Judge Hicks.
John D. Edge, for plaintiff in error.
Matthews, Maddox, Walton Smith, Oscar M. Smith, contra.
"Findings of fact of a single director of the department of industrial relations, where approved on review by the full department, stand in this court on the same footing as the verdict of a jury; and where supported by some competent evidence, they will not be disturbed. Maryland Casualty Co. v. England, 160 Ga. 810 ( 129 S.E. 75); London Guarantee c. Co. v. Shockley, 31 Ga. App. 762 ( 122 S.E. 99); Jackson v. Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Co., 33 Ga. App. 35 ( 125 S.E. 515); Burdett v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. 40 Ga. App. 92 ( 149 S.E. 55)." U.S. Fidelity c. Co. v. Maddox, 52 Ga. App. 416, 418 (1) ( 183 S.E. 570). While the evidence in this case was in conflict in that the claimant contended and testified that he was not able to work at the time of the hearing held on February 1, 1961, yet two expert medical witnesses testified that they pronounced him able to return to work on or about September 17, 1960, and under the foregoing rule we cannot say that the award allowing compensation from July 19, 1960, through September 17, 1960, was unauthorized.
Judgment affirmed. Eberhardt and Russell, JJ., concur.