Legal Opinion
Bahadori v. National Union Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 23, 1998No. S98G0610PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in this workers’ compensation case 1 and posed this question: What limitation period applies to an action for the recovery of overpaid benefits under OCGA § 34-9-104 (d) (2)? We hold that the limitation period in such an administrative action is two years.
In 1989, Bahadori was injured in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with Sizzler # 1543 and he was paid income benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act. After he recovered, Bahadori took a job with S & S Cafeterias in South Carolina and his…
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