Sherman Concrete Pipe Co. v. Chinn

Melton, Justice.

We granted a discretionary application in this case to determine whether the superior court properly ruled that a 1989 amendment to OCGA§ 34-9-13 (e)'violated Article III, Section V, Paragraph III of the Georgia Constitution of 1983 because that amendment effected a substantive change of law not contemplated by the title of the act containing the amendment. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

OCGA § 34-9-13 (e) places a limit on the amount of time that an insurer must pay workers’ compensation death benefits to a surviving spouse or partial dependent. Prior to 1989,…