Workers Compensation Articles

Heart attack and stroke cases are difficult to prove. An experienced attorney can help.

Another law firm turned this case away. However, a a denial does not mean you do not haave a case.

In a novel legal theory, the Southern District of Georgia recently treated the worsening of an idiopathic stroke due to co-employees’ failure to call 911 as the compensable “injury by accident” under Georgia’s Workers’ Compensation Act. This article explains why that matters for claimants’ lawyers and how to frame these cases for maximum effect.

Georgia’s workers’ compensation system lacks clear, enforceable guidelines on postponing hearings, despite official language intended to limit continuances. .

Learn how a Georgia workers' comp judge forced an employer to pay $3,250 in workers’-comp attorney fees under § 34-9-108 when its defense was ruled unreasonable.”

In this post, we explore the lack of privacy protections for injured workers in Georgia and the lasting impact of Arby’s v. McRae.

In a recent Georgia Court of Appeals decision, Lilienthal v. JLK, Inc., the court reinforced important protections for injured workers. This case clarified how employers must provide access to medical care under Georgia’s workers’ compensation laws, particularly the requirement to post a list of doctors (a “panel of physicians”) for injured employees. The ruling is significant because it emphasizes that employers have a legal obligation to make this panel of physicians truly available and visible to workers. .

The amount of workers' compensation trials in Georgia have been steadily declining for decades.

In a recent case, Elliot Bourne won a victory for injured workers' at the Georgia Court of Appeals.