Participation by at least two members required.

- Award not participated in by at least two members of the board is not an award of the full board. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Mapp, 96 Ga. App. 517, 100 S.E.2d 742 (1957).

Award participated in by only two of the three members of the board is valid. Hayslip v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 72 Ga. App. 509, 34 S.E.2d 319 (1945).

Director emeritus of the board cannot participate in rendering an award by such board, so as to make it a valid award thereof. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Mapp, 96 Ga. App. 517, 100 S.E.2d 742 (1957).

Cited in Adams v. Utica Mut. Ins. Co., 88 Ga. App. 386, 76 S.E.2d 709 (1953); Butler v. Fidelity & Cas. Co., 88 Ga. App. 620, 76 S.E.2d 813 (1953); Ideal Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ray, 94 Ga. App. 785, 96 S.E.2d 377 (1956); American Cas. Co. v. Herron, 102 Ga. App. 658, 117 S.E.2d 172 (1960); Continental Ins. Co. v. McDaniel, 118 Ga. App. 344, 163 S.E.2d 923 (1968); Cameron v. American Can Co., 120 Ga. App. 236, 170 S.E.2d 267 (1969); Bituminous Cas. Co. v. Renfroe, 130 Ga. App. 621, 204 S.E.2d 317 (1974).

C.J.S.

- 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 830 et seq.

ALR.

- Validity of decision of workmen's compensation commission as affected by nonparticipation of one or more members because of death, absence, resignation, or other cause, 148 A.L.R. 327.