Does Georgia Workers Compensation Pay for Permanent Injuries?
A severe injury at work can take a long time to recover from. Sometimes, severe injuries cause permanent limitations even when you reach your maximum recovery. This article discusses what happens under Georgia’s workers compensation law when an injury becomes permanent. Who determines whether an injury is permanent? In a Georgia workers compensation case, there […]
Getting Fired After a Workers Compensation Injury
Getting hurt is bad enough. No one wants to suffer a serious injury. It interferes with your ability to work and take care of yourself and those your care for. It is even worse when your employer fires you after a workers compensation injury. Having to focus on recovering from your injury while worrying about […]
Will Surgery Increase a Workers Compensation Settlement?
Many people have questions about what factors go into a workers compensation settlement. Understanding the different factors that affect a settlement amount is important. If you do not understand them, you will likely make a mistake if and when you settle your workers compensation case with the insurance company. One question that often comes up […]
When Does Workers Compensation Stop?
Serious workers compensation injuries are life changing. They affect your ability to work. You need medical treatment to recover from your injury. Recovering from a serious injury can take a long time. In a perfect world, workers compensation would pay benefits as long as you needed them for your injury. Unfortunately, the laws in Georgia […]
How Often Do Workers Compensation Checks Get Paid?
Your employer’s workers compensation insurance company pays checks when you are out of work because of your injury. But, many people have questions about when these workers compensation checks will start and how often they will get paid. Some of the frequent questions I get asked are: Does the insurance company pay checks at the […]
Can I Sue the Workers Compensation Insurance Company?
Dealing with a serious injury at work is hard enough. Unfortunately, many insurance companies make it harder than it should be. Some of the most common things I see insurance companies doing to make things harder are: Taking longer than they should to accept your workers compensation claim and start paying benefits Not telling you […]
Will Workers’ Compensation Pay a Settlement?
Many people have heard about workers’ compensation settlements. You may have seen billboards or commercials that talk about them. Unfortunately, settlements are one of the most misunderstood parts of Georgia’s workers’ compensation system. Suffering a serious injury at work can be overwhelming. Often, the workers’ compensation insurance company makes it difficult on you by not […]
Can I Increase My Workers Compensation Checks?
Georgia workers compensation law requires the insurance company to pay weekly checks to compensate you for certain types of losses. Three of the common situations where an insurance company should pay checks are: When your injury keeps you from working; When your injury causes you to make less money per week; and When your injury […]
Is My Permanent Partial Disability Rating Correct?
One of the three basic benefits available under Georgia’s workers’ compensation laws is permanent partial disability benefits. Often, permanent partial disability benefits are known by one of the following two abbreviations: PPD (permanent partial disability); or PPI (permanent partial impairment). Most people become aware of permanent partial disability benefits when their treating workers’ compensation doctor […]
What Determines My Permanent Impairment Rating?
Unfortunately, some serious injuries do not completely heal. Even with very good medical treatment and a great doctor, these injuries can cause some amount of permanent impairment. Sometimes this permanent impairment is reduced strength. Other times it is reduced range of motion. Georgia’s workers compensation system considers permanent impairment from an injury when deciding what […]
