Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
When an injured worker in Georgia is receiving workers' compensation income benefits, the workers' comp carrier cannot arbitrarily decide to stop those benefits. Unless the 350 week cap has ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Frequently, workers' compensation claimants who sustain knee injuries require total knee replacement surgery. Of course, the workers' compensation carriers are often hesitant to authorize ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Life can be very stressful for injured workers relying on weekly workers' compensation checks. First, the workers' compensation carrier is only required to pay two thirds of the injured ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
If you have an Atlanta workers compensation claim and you are missing time from work, the insurance company is required to commence income benefits within twenty-one days after the employer has ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
If you are a workers' compensation claimant in Georgia, you have probably experienced the frustration of medical treatment or testing being delayed. Adjusters handling workers' compensation claims ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
It is quite common for an injured worker to also be receiving workers' compensation income benefits and Social Security Disability benefits. If you are receiving workers' compensation benefits and SSD ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
If you are considering whether to hire an attorney to assist with your workers' compensation claim, then you have likely encountered some difficulty with your employer or their workers' comp insurance ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
In Georgia, the workers' compensation carrier is required to pay for medications prescribed by an authorized physician as long as the medications are related to the work injury. Workers' compensation ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Georgia workers' compensation carriers are required to pay for all reasonable and necessary medical procedures. In cases where surgery is recommended, these carriers frequently deny the injured worker ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Loss of vision can be a compensable workers' compensation injury in Georgia. If you have sustained a loss in vision which you feel is work related, you should discuss your claim with an attorney. ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Workers' compensation insurance companies frequently hire nurse case managers to advocate for them in workers' compensation claims. These nurse case managers usually tell the injured worker they are ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Workers' compensation settlement can be confusing. In Georgia, settlement must be voluntary. Further, the value of a case can be difficult to determine. When making decisions about settlement and ...
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Posted on Jul 5, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
You can file a workers' compensation claim using Georgia as the jurisdiction if you were injured in Georgia. You can also file a Georgia workers' compensation claim if you were in another state when ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Unfortunately, Georgia injured workers cannot force the workers' compensation carrier to settle a claim. However, they do have the right to file a request for hearing if the workers' compensation ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Under the Georgia workers' compensation system, the only way to reach a settlement is for the parties to agree to a settlement amount. This is a voluntary process, and no court can force the parties ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Injured workers frequently have to rely on the workers' compensation insurance carrier to send them weekly workers' compensation checks. Sadly, insurance companies are not always efficient at ensuring ...
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Posted on May 23, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Under Georgia workers' compensation law, an insurance carrier can require an injured worker to submit to an Independent Medical Evaluation (IME) as long as the circumstances surrounding the IME are ...
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Posted on May 11, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Receiving unemployment benefits does not preclude you from receiving workers' compensation benefits. Further, receiving workers' compensation benefits does not preclude an injured worker from ...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
An injured worker receiving workers' compensation income benefits may also be eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits. However, the Social Security Administration is allowed to take a ...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
An injured worker receiving workers' compensation income benefits may be eligible to receive Social Security disability benefits as well. However, if an individual is receiving both Social Security ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Occasionally, disputes arise between workers' compensation insurance carriers as to which carrier should be required to provide income and medical benefits to an injured worker in Georgia. This ...
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Posted on Apr 14, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
Generally speaking, if an individual is injured as a job as the result of "horseplay," that injury will not be compensable. However, there are certain circumstances where the Employer/Insurer will be ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
If the Employer/Insurer does not pay workers' compensation income benefits in a timely fashion, they owe the injured worker a 15% penalty. If the benefits are owed pursuant to an Award of the State ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
In Georgia, workers' compensation carries frequently allege that a subsequent intervening accident (as opposed to the job injury) is the cause of an injured worker's disability. However, if an injured ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Brian Sumrall
People are frequently injured on the job while driving a company vehicle. Such accidents give rise to a workers' compensation claim. Further, if the injured worker is not at fault, that individual ...
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