AT&T v. Barnes

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

In this case involving a change in condition claim for certain workers’ compensation benefits, AT&T and Gates McDonald (collectively “AT&T”) appeal the superior court’s holding1 that workers’ compensation benefits payable to Mildred Ware Barnes had been improperly suspended by AT&T. On appeal, AT&T contends that Barnes’ claims were barred by the applicable two-year statute of limitation, OCGA § 34-9-104 (b). Because AT&T failed to timely raise its statute of limitation defense, we affirm.

The relevant facts of record show that Barnes was an employee of AT&T who was…