Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. Marshall

Pope, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, the employee, Stanford Marshall, was awarded benefits on September 27, 1985. The employer, Cox Enterprises, Inc., filed its appeal to the full board within the thirty-day period for bringing appeals which was then in effect (prior to the 1987 amendment to OCGA § 34-9-105 (b)), but after twenty days from the date of the award. The board and the superior court affirmed the award. The employer’s application for discretionary appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied and the Supreme Court refused to grant certiorari. Within twenty days from the…