Truckstops of America, Inc. v. Engram

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

We granted this discretionary appeal to determine whether the workers’ compensation award in question was void as it resulted from a superior court order entered after the court lost jurisdiction over the matter. This appeal concerns whether an amendment to a statute can affect a workers’ compensation award which was affirmed by operation almost a year before the effective date of the amendment.

Pinkie Engram was employed as a waitress by Truckstops of America, Inc., until she was fired in February 1994 for allegedly stealing money. During her employment, Engram had…