Cartersville Ready Mix Co. v. Hamby

Smith, Judge.

Terry Hamby filed a claim for workers’ compensation, contending he sustained a back injury at work. Although his employer, Cartersville Ready Mix Company, knew or suspected within a short time after Hamby’s injury that it was not job-related, the employer did not controvert the claim within 21 days after learning of the injury. Instead, after a number of weeks it voluntarily commenced payment of workers’ compensation benefits, paying a lump sum for five weeks but paying no penalty. Subsequently, although it had filed no penalty, the employer filed a notice to controvert payment…