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DeKalb Bd. of Educ. v. Singleton

Evidence showed that the employee's psychic problems-she did not return to work as a school bus driver due to a deep-seated fear that she could experience another asthma attack while transporting children, resulting in serious injuries to the children or herself-originated with her job-related injury.

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We granted the application of the DeKalb Board of Education the school board to appeal the Superior Court’s judgment affirming a worker’s compensation award to Tracy Singleton. Singleton sought benefits as a result of her psychic injury following an asthma attack after exposure to fire extinguisher residue and cleaning products on her school bus. Because evidence supports the award of the appellate division, we affirm. When reviewing a workers’ compensation award, the evidence must be construed in the light most favorable to the party who prevailed before the appellate division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. Atlas Automotive v. Wilson , 225 Ga. App. 631, 633 1 484 SE2d 669 1997. When supported by any evidence, findings of fact by the state board are conclusive and binding on reviewing courts, and judges lack authority to set aside an award based on disagreement with the board’s conclusions. Id.; Gleaton v. Hazelwood Farms , 214 Ga. App. 825, 826 449 SE2d 170 1994.

Construed in favor of the decision of the appellate division, the evidence showed that Tracy Singleton began working for the school board as a bus driver in 1999, driving a small bus for special needs children. As part of her job duties, Singleton examined her bus before and after running her route, drove the bus, and assisted the special needs children on and off of the bus. Her job duties also resulted in exposure to heat, cold air, bus fumes, and cleaning material fumes and she occasionally wore a mask to minimize her exposure while in the bus yard.

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