Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Reid
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 22, 2014No. S13G1812PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Chief Justice.
We granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Reid v. MARTA, 323 Ga. App. 523 (746 SE2d 779) (2013), and posed this question: Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that the proper statute of limitations for a claim of statutory penalties for late benefits payments in workers’ compensation cases under OCGA § 34-9-221 is the general statute of limitations, OCGA § 34-9-82, rather than the change in condition statute of limitations, OCGA § 34-9-104 (b)? We answer this question affirmatively.
The facts are not in dispute: Following an injury in October 1999,…
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