Tag: Temporary Total Disability

The Difference Between TTD and PPD Benefits

You may receive temporary total and permanent partial disability benefits after a work injury.  Many people receive both of these benefits. Unfortunately, insurance companies do not always pay these benefits at the correct time or in the correct amounts.  Insurance companies often fail to even tell you that the type of benefits you are receiving […]

Is Hip Replacement Covered By Workers Compensation?

Severe hip injuries cause excruciating pain.  They affect your ability to do just about anything including standing, sitting, and walking. The pain from these injuries can make it difficult to get comfortable and enjoy any sort of activity.  Many people cannot work because of their limitations from serious hip injuries. In recent years, hip replacement […]

How 2016 Georgia Court Decisions Affected Workers Compensation

The Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals make workers compensation decisions every year.  Most of these decisions do two important things: They decide the legal issue or issues in that particular workers compensation case. They establish law (referred to as precedent) that judges apply in other workers compensation cases. Just like the Supreme […]

Temporary Total and Temporary Partial Disability

The lost wages checks you receive from the insurance company often cause confusion.  The checks or the check stubs will talk about temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, or permanent partial disability. You may have difficulty figuring out if you are getting the right check.  Sometimes, the checks do not even have the complete terminology. […]

Late Workers Compensation Checks

The insurance company has a duty to pay you a workers compensation check when your injury prevents you from working.  Georgia law provides that the insurance company must pay that check on a weekly basis. I can tell you that many insurance companies fail to pay on time.  Some miss weeks.  Others do not mail […]

Rotator Cuff Surgery for Shoulder Injuries

Workers’ compensation shoulder injuries often cause significant difficulties.  We use our arms a lot.  I did not realize how much I used my arms until I had a shoulder injury a number of years ago. Shoulder injuries make it difficult to work overhead.  Many people find it difficult to sleep or wash their hair.  Some […]

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 […]

Fired After Returning to Light Duty Work

Most people just want to get back to work as quick as they can after getting hurt at work.  Unfortunately, employers do not always give you what you want or need after an injury. Some employers just do not have light duty work available.  If your employer does not have suitable work available, they may […]

Georgia Legislature Updates Workers’ Compensation Laws

The Georgia legislature made several changes to the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act in 2016.  The changes made to the law include small increases to the following benefit limits: The maximum temporary total disability benefit rate The maximum temporary partial disability benefit rate The maximum total benefit payable to a surviving spouse as a sole dependent […]