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Posted on May 17, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Utilization review is a fancy way for the insurance company to say "we sent your medical records to a doctor in Texas and paid him to say that your surgery is not neccessary." Essentially, ...
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Posted on May 10, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
A common complaint among Georgia workers' compensation claimants is that the adjuster refuses to return phone calls. This is not true for all adjusters but it is certainly common. Workers' ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
A workers' compensation carrier in Georgia can send an injured worker for a number of second opinions. As long as their request for a second opinion is reasonable, the injured worker must attend ...
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Posted on May 8, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Driving is a common job requirement for many people. Individuals are frequently injured in car accidents while working. In Georgia, if you are injured in a motor vehicle accident while working this ...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
If you are injured on the job in Georgia, you have certain rights. Your employer is required to pay for your medical treatment related to your job injury and required to pay you workers' ...
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Posted on Apr 24, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Maybe. Insurance companies will occasionally hire private investigators to follow individuals who are injured at work. This practice is most commonly employed when an injured worker is receiving ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
If you have been termianted after filing a workers' compensation claim, you are not alone. Employers frequently fabricate a reason for terminating an employee who files a perfectly valid ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
As a former defense attorney, Brian H. Sumrall knows how workers' compensation Insurance companies handle claims. This is useful in preparing for litigation and in trial. Futher, Mr. Sumrall knows ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
When issues arise in an Atlanta, GA workers' compensation claim, the attorney for the Employer/Insurer will frequently depose the injured worker. This is a common part of the pre-trial discovery ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
A workers' compensation carrier is allowed to take a credit against short-term and long-term disability benefits paid to a claimant. They are only allowed to take the credit based on the ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
If an individual is injured on the job in Georgia, then Georgia should be the proper jurisdiction for that claim even if the injured worker's company is based in another state. Insurance companies ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
It depends. Insurance companies sometimes settle workers' compensation claims quickly and sometimes they do not. Each workers' compensation claim is different. The settlement value and time ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Claims adjusters usually want to take a recorded statement of an injured worker following a work injury. Generally speaking, I advise my clients that it is fine to give a recorded statement to the ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
It take a long time for an injured workers in Georgia to actually have his or her day in court. Even when that day in court takes place, the injured worker still does not immediately get a ruling from ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
In Georgia, workers' compensation settlements have to be approved by the State Board of Workers' Compensation. Generally, the State Board approves settlement agreements very quickly. Once a ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Workers' compensation carriers frequenlty attempt to stop providing medical treatment and income benefits as a result of a subsequent injury. They often stop providing income and medical benefits ...
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Posted on Mar 20, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
At the outset of an Atlanta, GA workers' compensation claim, an adjuster may send the claimant a number of documents to sign. One of the documents is a WC-207 Medical Authorization. This form ...
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Posted on Feb 29, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
One of the questions that most frequently arises in Georgia workers' compensation claims is "can my employer fire me because of my workers' comp claim?" That is a very complex ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Unfortunately, a judge does not have the power to force an insurance company to settle an Atlanta, GA workers' compensation claim. The only way to settle a workers' compensation claim in ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Workers' compensation claimants experience a tremendous amout of pain and suffering during the course of their claim. Unfortunately, the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act does not allow for ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Under Georgia law, a workers' compensation carrier is allowed to reduce workers' comp income benefits from the TTD rate of up to $500 per week to the TPD rate of $334 per week after an injured ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
No. You do not have to pay taxes on income benefits received as part of your Georgia workers' compensation claim. Further, you do not have to pay taxes on settlement proceeds from a Georgia ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Absolutlely not. Sometimes, employer representatives attempt to discourage Georgia injured workers from filing workers' compensation claims. Employers who engage in such actions are simply looking ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Brian Sumrall
Unfortunately, there is no right to a trial by jury for workers' compensation claimants. However, injured workers' in Georgia do have the right to have their case heard by an Administrative ...
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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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