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BROWN TRANSPORT CORPORATION v. JAMES

34496.

243 Ga. 701 (1979)

257 S.E.2d 242

BROWN TRANSPORT CORPORATION v. JAMES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hopkins & Gresham, H. Lowell Hopkins, Patrick J. McKenna, for appellant.

C. Ronald Patton, Jack R. Hancock, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

We granted this certiorari in order to resolve a conflict in the cases from the Court of Appeals. The issue is whether representations and assurances that an injured employee will be "taken care of" by the company or its insurance carrier create an estoppel barring the company or carrier from asserting the one year statute of limitations for filing a claim under the Workers' Compensation Act (Code Ann. Title 114). Code Ann. § 114...

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