Blog Posts in November, 2012

Knee injuries are very common on the job and can often require surgical repair. Delays in authorization of knee surgery can be frustrating and can even delay the healing process. If your workers' ...

The standard attorney's fee for a Georgia workers' compensation claim is 25%. Most attorney's represent workers' comp claimant's on a contingency fee. That means there is no fee owed unless there is a ...

Insurance carriers frequenly issue workers' compensation checks late. In Georgia, a TTD check is late if it is sent after the last day of the pay period if it is mailed from in state. If mailed from ...

Employers sometimes fire employees following a job injury. If the termination is unrelated to the job injury, then an employee may need to prove a dilligent but unsuccessful job search in order to ...

In compensable Georgia workers' compensation claim where income benefits are being paid, the workers' compensation carrier can only stop sending weekly checks for a few reasons. They can stop sending ...

Insurance carriers often allege that an accident or injury is unrelated to an individual's employment because of a pre-existing condition. For example, an individual may have pre-existing degenerative ...