The question of whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee is a critical one in many Atlanta workers’ compensation cases. While employees are entitled to the protection of workers’ compensation benefits in case of a job-related injury, independent...
Georgia Workers’ Compensation
Work Injuries Not Properly Reported by Poultry Processing Plant, OSHA Says
A poultry processing plant in Delaware is facing allegations that it violated safety protocol, failed to properly report worker injuries and took adverse employment action against workers who did report injuries. The company is appealing the findings by inspectors...
Army Vet Wins $15.2 Million Verdict After Workplace Forklift Injury
A military veteran is slated to receive $15.2 million in damages for injuries he sustained when his foot was crushed by a forklift at an event center in Illinois. The 33-year-old from Wisconsin, who previously served two tours in Iraq and served as a staff sergeant in...
Workplace Violence in Georgia Highlighted by On-Air Shooting
The slaying of a local reporter and cameraman on live television in Roanoke, Virginia has raised numerous questions about workplace violence and the ways in which companies strive to keep workers safe. According to authorities, the 24-year-old reporter and her...
Dallas Nt’l Ins. co. v. De La Cruz – Fighting for Permanent Total Disability
When a work-related injury prevents you from being able to work, you may be qualified for workers’ compensation. However, deciding how much you receive and for how long is a complex process. There are many different types of “disability” under Georgia workers’...
Proof of Impairment Rating in Georgia Workers’ Compensation Claims
Permanent partial disability in workers’ compensation cases are among the most common type of work injury claims. They are essentially a lump sum or structured settlement award for an on-the-job injury resulting in a disability that is partial, but permanent. This...
Holliday v. Tropical Nut & Fruit Co. – Laser Tag Injury Warrants Workers’ Comp, Court Rules
Sometimes, the question of whether an injury arose in the course and scope of employment is simple because of where it happened or how it happened. Other times, the issue is more complicated. Perhaps it didn’t happen at the job site or during normal working hours or...
Atlanta Widow Seeks Change to Georgia Exclusive Remedy, Sovereign Immunity
A woman whose husband was killed on-the-job in Atlanta while working for the city is seeking to challenge Georgia’s sovereign immunity and worker’s compensation exclusive remedy provisions. When her husband was killed, he was riding in the cab of a city-owned garbage...
Walker v. Tensor Machinery – Apportionment in Third-Party Liability
A plaintiff in a Georgia third-party liability lawsuit against an equipment manufacturer following a work-related injury is arguing against a defense request to add his employer as a non-party defendant. In the case of Walker v. Tensor Machinery, defense asserts...
State Ex Rel Tradesmen Intl V Indust Commn Permanent Total Disability
If a worker in Georgia is injured on the job and cannot work for more than seven days, he or she is likely entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. But there are several different kinds of benefits, which depend not only on the severity of injury, but the impact...

