Will Workers Compensation Pay for Medical Treatment for a Shoulder Injury?
Serious shoulder injuries can cause you major difficulties. They often prevent you from doing your job so you lose money because you are not working. Also, you need good medical treatment to recover from the injury and get back to work. When a shoulder injury happens on the job, workers compensation should generally cover it. […]
What If Workers Compensation Denies My Case
Even though you got hurt at work, the insurance company has denied your case. Why do workers compensation insurance companies deny you the benefits you should receive? There are many answers to that question. One reason that they may have denied your case is they believe it saves them money. Paying you benefits costs the […]
Can I Get Pain and Suffering in Workers Compensation?
Injuries are painful. A workers compensation injury can cause you pain for week or months. Some serious injuries cause pain that lasts for years. In Georgia, workers compensation covers you when you suffer an injury doing your job. But, does it cover all of the harm that you incur as a result of that injury? […]
Does Workers Compensation Pay for Back Surgery?
Doctors often propose back surgery to treat serious workers’ compensation back injuries.  These types of back injuries often result in herniated discs that are diagnosed via an MRI or some other form of diagnostic testing. When back surgery is recommended after a work injury, many people have questions. Some of these questions include: Does workers […]
What Neck Injury Medical Treatment Does Workers Compensation Cover?
If you suffer a serious neck injury at work, you need to make sure you get good workers compensation medical treatment. A serious neck injury can limit your ability to work. Making sure you get good treatment should improve your chances of recovering and returning to work. In addition to affecting your ability to work, […]
Foot and Ankle Injury Workers Compensation Settlements
Foot and ankle injuries can make it very difficult to return to work. Primarily, they affect your ability to stand and walk. Most jobs require you to do some amount of standing and walking. Even if you are able to stand and walk fine after your foot and ankle injury, you may find that more […]
Will 2017 Court Decisions Affect Your Workers Compensation Case?
When you get hurt at work, you suddenly find yourself in the middle of a workers compensation claim. There are certain rules that will apply to determine whether you get workers compensation benefits or not. In Georgia, those rules get created in three ways: The Georgia legislature passes new workers compensation laws The Directors of […]
Returning to Work after a Workers Compensation Neck Injury
What do you do after you get medical treatment for your workers compensation neck injury? Can you go back to work? What if you have problems doing the job? These are good questions, and I get asked them a lot. With good medical treatment, serious workers compensation injuries can get better. But, you do not […]
Do I Get a Settlement for My Workers Compensation Knee Injury?
When you injure your knee doing your job, you will probably have a workers compensation case. Most people know a little bit about workers compensation. They likely know that they need to tell their employer if they get hurt on the job. They may know that workers compensation will pay for some of their medical […]
Should I Settle My Workers Compensation Neck Injury Case?
Many people have heard about workers compensation settlements. But, they often do not understand exactly what settlement means or how it works. A serious neck injury can affect you for the rest of your life. Some serious neck injuries that often occur at work are herniated discs or spinal fractures. There are other types of […]
