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What Are My Chances of Winning Workers Compensation

After you get hurt at work, you probably expect the workers compensation insurance company to pay for the medical treatment you need to get better.  You also expect them to pay you lost wages if your injury keeps you from working. That is the way workers compensation is supposed to work.  It was set up […]

Meat-Packing Workers Compensation Injuries

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Working in a meat-packing plant can be quite dangerous.  An article published by the Guardian discussed some of the common dangers faced by meat-packing plant employees. When you suffer an injury at work, your employer’s workers compensation insurance should pay for the medical treatment you need and the time that you are out of work […]

Can You End a Workers Compensation Case?

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Workers compensation was created to provide medical treatment and lost wages to people who suffer injuries at work.  The workers compensation system often does a good job providing those benefits in the short term. Unfortunately, workers compensation is not a system that you want to have to deal with for the long term.  People who […]

Four Things To Do After a Workers Compensation Injury

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No one ever plans on getting hurt.  When we do get hurt, most of us hope that it will be something minor that just gets better on its own. Unfortunately, sometimes injuries that seem minor end up causing major problems if not treated properly.  Because of that, you need to handle a workers compensation injury […]

Increases in Workers Compensation Benefit Checks

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Serious injuries often cause you to miss time from work.  Some serious injuries cause permanent impairment which means you do not ever fully recover from the injury. Georgia workers compensation law provide benefits for you when you miss time from work or suffer a permanent impairment as a result of a work-related injury.  These benefits […]

Does Workers Compensation Cover Back Injuries?

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Back injuries at work causes serious problems for many people.  Back injuries make up about one of every five injuries that occur at work.  Some of the common causes are: Performing heavy lifting, on a single occasion or repetitively Bending to lift Slipping and falling Falling from heights Car wrecks or other motor vehicle accidents […]

How Inflation Affects Workers Compensation in Georgia?

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Inflation has been discussed a lot on the news.  We have seen increases in the cost of various items that we buy – bread, milk, gas, and a number of other things. Inflation can really hit hard when you depend on a workers compensation check as income.  Prices increasing results in you being able to […]

Workers Compensation PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) Treatment

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Doctors are more commonly recommending platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for treatment of workers compensation injuries.  One question that comes up when doctors recommend this treatment is whether it is covered under the workers compensation law.  This article provides some information about what PRP treatment is and whether it is covered under Georgia’s workers compensation law. What […]

Beating Worker Compensation Surgery Delays

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After weeks or months of treatment, your workers compensation doctor tells you that you need surgery.  That can be frightening because no one wants to have surgery. If you decide to move forward with the recommended surgery, the doctor’s office should schedule it.  But, that often does not happen in workers compensation cases because the […]

How Retirement Affects Workers Compensation

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Suffering a serious injury as you approach retirement age can be scary.  Many people have questions about whether they have to change their retirement plans and whether workers compensation will cover them.  This article addresses a few of the questions that people have about how retirement can affect a workers compensation case. What happens if […]

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