Reid v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Branch, Judge.

Michael Reid appeals from a decision of the Fulton County Superior Court denying his request for recovery of 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. In denying Reid’s claim, the court below found that Reid was seeking to recover additional workers’ compensation benefits, resulting from a change in condition. The court therefore concluded that Reid’s claim was *524barred by the two-year statute of limitation found in OCGA §…