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? […]
Why Workers Compensation Insurance Companies Settle Cases
You probably have heard about workers compensation settlements. Ads by attorneys on television often talk about person injury and workers compensation settlements. Those ads usually do not tell you a whole lot. It often is just someone saying that their attorney got them a certain amount of money. They do not explain why the settlement […]
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, […]
How a Workers Compensation Attorney Can Help You
I am a workers compensation attorney and have been for over 15 years. I specialize in representing people who have been injured on the job. I do not represent any insurance companies. Many people do not know what a workers compensation attorney does. They may have seen TV attorneys discuss workers compensation and case settlements […]
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 […]
Will Workers Compensation Pay a Fair Settlement?
If you were injured at work, a workers compensation settlement generally means that you receive some sort of lump sum payment. But what is the amount of that lump sum payment and how does the insurance company determine it? This question is difficult. Before trying to answer it, you first need to do at least […]
Affording a Good Workers Compensation Attorney
Many people want to hire a workers compensation attorney. But, they have several concerns about hiring an attorney: Will they have enough money? Does the attorney charge by the hour to work on their case? Will they have to pay up front costs when they hire an attorney? I understand people’s concerns that hiring an […]
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 […]
