Court Opinion

ID: 9574919
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:09:35.589809+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:47:24.792822
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Felton, C. J.,
concurring specially. The hearing in this case was on an alleged change in condition. The case was tried on that theory and also on the theory that the claimant was barred by his improper conduct in not reporting that he would be absent in excess of three days, which failure to report resulted in his discharge under union rules. As I interpret the original award and the final award, the director found the percentage of disability to be the same in each case, and there was no finding that there was a change in condition. I interpret the final award to mean that the director found that the claimant was not barred by wilful misconduct under Code § 114-105. I think that, in a case like this, the board has jurisdiction to determine whether the claimant is entitled to compensation when the circumstance preventing his receiving it while disabled has ceased to exist. American Mutual Liability Ins. Co. v. Brown, 42 Ga. App. 262 (155 S. E. 798).