Getting Proper Medical Treatment for Neck Injuries
Many people suffer neck injuries at work each year. While some of these injuries are minor, many injuries can cause you to miss months or longer from work. Some injuries require extensive medical treatment including surgery and other procedures. If you injure your neck and get medical treatment, the doctor may diagnose you with a […]
Crush Injuries at Work
Crush injuries occur when an object crushes all or part of a person’s body. These types of injuries can cause serious problems. Crush injuries to the whole body can be fatal. Crush injuries to part of the body can cause permanent pain and disability. This article discusses different types of crush injuries. This article also […]
Georgia Workers’ Compensation Eye Injuries
Many people suffer workers’ compensation eye injuries each year. In fact, over 2000 people injure their eyes at work every day. While many of these injuries are minor, some people go partially or completely blind as a result of work-related eye injuries. Understanding the special rules that apply to these types of injuries is important. […]
Georgia Workers Compensation Basics
If you are hurt on the job in Georgia, you probably have a Georgia workers compensation case. Understanding the basics of Georgia’s workers compensation laws will help assure that you are treated fairly. This article will provide you some basic information about the benefits you may receive and situations you may encounter Reporting your injury Georgia […]
Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)
You may read about maximum medical improvement on some paperwork from your workers’ compensation doctor. Like many medical terms, you may wonder what it means. You probably wonder how it will affect your workers’ compensation benefits. Maximum medical improvement (or MMI for short) means that your injury is basically “as good as it is going […]
Does Workers’ Compensation Pay Pain & Suffering?
I often get asked by clients about getting paid for what they have gone through because of their injuries. In a personal injury case, you can get paid for pain and suffering. Sometimes, you can have a workers’ compensation case and a personal injury case from the same incident. However, most people who are injured […]
Misconceptions about Georgia’s Workers’ Compensation Laws
Many people have misunderstandings about Georgia’s Workers Compensation laws and how they work. If you do not understand your workers’ compensation rights, you will probably not be treated fairly and may not be paid the benefits you should receive. Here are a few of the common misconceptions that people have about Georgia’s workers’ compensation laws: […]
Workers Compensation Knee Replacement Surgery
Knee injuries at work can cause many difficulties. These injuries often affect your ability to stand, walk, squat, climb, and lift. The restrictions from a serious knee injury may prevent you from doing your job and keep you out of work. After evaluating your knee injury, your doctor may recommend surgery. Sometimes, this surgery may […]
Statutes of Limitations in Workers’ Compensation Claims
A statute of limitations is dangerous. It is a deadline for filing your claim. If you do not file your claim within the time provided, you will probably lose your case. You will lose your claim without even getting a chance to prove it. Under the workers’ compensation law in Georgia, there are at least […]
Determining the Correct TTD and PPD Benefit Amount in Georgia Workers’ Compensation Claims
This is the second in a series of blog articles about wage loss payments (temporary total disability and temporary partial disability benefits) in Georgia Workers’ Compensation claims. The first article in this series discussed what temporary total and temporary partial disability benefits are and when they are first paid in a workers’ compensation case. This […]
