Your Questions about Georgia Workers' Compensation Answered
As the injured worker is not entitled to a jury trial, she is entitled to an evidentiary hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ). The hearing is also known as a bench trial. It is also known as the ” employee’s day in court”.
At the hearing, the judge will generally request information from the parties of the pending case. During this time (more…)
If you are injured at work in Georgia there are several deadlines you should be aware of in order to preserve any potential workers’ compensation claim you may have. First, you must give the employer notice of the injury within 30 days of the injury date. (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-80). You then have (more…)
If you have suffered a work-related injury and cannot work, you are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Yet when an employer/insurer denies benefits for any reason, there can certainly be some frustration while waiting for results from a claim filed with the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. That frustration (more…)
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in which it clarified one of the distinctions between a new injury and a change of condition. (more…)
Most people probably have the notion that their attorney went to high school, undergrad, law school, and began practicing right away. That is not necessarily the case.
After I received my undergraduate degree at Ohio Wesleyan University, I attended Johnson & Wales University, where I received a degree in culinary arts. In fact, I cooked professionally for some time before deciding to go on to law school.
Johnson & Wales University is far more than a culinary institution. (more…)
