Reid v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Branch, Judge.

This case involves an attempt by Michael Reid to recover statutory penalties owed by his employer, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (“MARTA”), as a result of MARTA’s failure to pay Reid his workers’ compensation benefits in a timely fashion. The trial court denied this request, finding that Reid was seeking to recover additional workers’ compensation benefits resulting from a change in condition, and that his claim was therefore barred by the two-year statute of limitation found in OCGA § 34-9-104 (b). In Reid v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth., 323 Ga.…