In this global economy, it is not uncommon for workers to contract with businesses in one state and then conduct work in another.Almost all work-related injuries in Georgia are going to fall under the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act. However, when a worker based in...
Month: February 2016
GA State Board of Workers’ Compensation Rule 205
In Georgia, the State Board of Workers’ Compensation is the governing body that makes the rules and regulations that are applied to Workers’ Compensation claims. One of these rules is Rule 205. This rule states that a doctor or medical provider does not have to get...
What About Expenses in a Georgia Workers’ Compensation Claim?
Naturally, being unable to work is going to place you in a financial bind while your injury is healing. Expenses can add up. In Georgia, some of these expenses may be covered by the Employer/Insurer. Others may not be covered, so it is good to know just what expenses...
Medical Treatment in a Georgia Workers’ Compensation Claim
In Georgia, employees who are injured on the job are entitled to Workers’ Compensation medical benefits. These benefits include medical treatment that is necessary to cure you, provide pain relief, or restore your health so that you can return to suitable...
Benavides v. Eastern N.M. Med. Ctr. – “Wet Floor” Sign Absence Results in Higher Award
Every state has varying rules when it comes to workers’ compensation law, but most provide that workers’ compensation is a no-fault system and employers generally cannot face negligence litigation.That means workers don’t have to prove negligence in order to collect...
Trezza v. USA Truck Inc. – Injury Not Compensable Minutes After “Logout”
In order for injuries to be compensable under worker’s compensation law, they either need to occur while working or “arise out of the scope and course of employment.”For most who work at stationary offices, the question of what is compensable and what isn’t is fairly...
Friebel v. Visiting Nurse – Dual Intent Doctrine Struck Down in OH
Workers are constantly forced to multitask, particularly when it comes to juggling their personal and professional lives. Unfortunately, trying to be efficient cost one home health care nurse in Ohio the right to collect workers’ compensation benefits, following a...
Humphrey v. Lowe’s – Workers’ Compensation After Voluntary Exit
Georgia workers’ compensation injury claims are rarely straightforward, even when it’s clear injury occurred in the scope and course of employment.This is especially true with regard to temporary total disability benefits when a worker quits, is fired or is laid-off...
Barzey v. City of Cuthbert – Non-Dependent Parent Precluded From Workers’ Comp Death Benefits
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act that precludes non-dependent parents from recovering benefits following the death of an adult child killed in the course of employment.In Barzey v. City of...
Third-Party Co-Worker Lawsuit After Workers’ Comp Claim
After filing a workers’ compensation claim in Georgia, there may be other avenues of compensation available. These include third-party lawsuits, which can be brought against anyone from manufacturers of defective products to owners of a construction site where an...

