Michael G. Reid v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Opinion

SECOND DIVISION ANDREWS, P. J., MILLER and BRANCH, JJ.

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April 10, 2015

In the Court of Appeals of Georgia A13A0814. REID v. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

BRANCH, Judge.

This case involves an attempt by Michael Reid to recover statutory penalties

owed by his employer, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

(“MARTA”), as a result of MARTA’s failure to pay Reid his workers’ compensation

benefits in a timely fashion. The trial court denied this request, finding that Reid was

seeking to recover additional workers’ compensation benefits resulting from a change

in condition, and that his claim was therefore barred by the two-year statute of

limitation found in OCGA § 34-9-104 (b). In Reid v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid

Transit Authority, 323 Ga. App. 523 (746 SE2d 779) (2013), this Court reversed the

trial court’s ruling, finding that Reid’s claim did not result from a change in condition and that therefore the claim was not time-barred. The Supreme Court of Georgia

reversed that decision in Metropolitan Rapid Transit Auth. v. Reid, 295 Ga. 523 (763

SE2d 695) (2014). We therefore vacate our earlier opinion, adopt the Supreme

Court’s opinion as our own, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Judgment affirmed. Phipps, C. J., and Ellington, P. J., concur.