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Georgia Workers’ Compensation Settlements 2008-04-15 12:05:25 Often, injured workers choose to settle their cases with their employer’s insurance company in return for one-time cash payments.
These settlements often take into consideration:
Unpaid total temporary disability or partial disability benefits (TTD or TPD)
TTD or TPD benefits likely to be owed in the future
Future medical expenses
Permanent disability benefits owed or likely to be owed
Any penalties [...] Read more:Georgia
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Georgia Workers’ Compensation - What cash benefits might you be entitled to? 2008-04-15 12:03:33 An injured employee covered by workers’ compensation is entitled to medical treatment at the employer’s expense. If the employee misses any work due to the injury or is permanently injured the employee is likely due one or more of three types of cash benefits. These cash benefits are:
Total Temporary Disability (TTD)
Total Partial Disability (TPD)
Permanent Partial [...] Read more:Georgia
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Injuries Under Georgia Workers’ Compensation - What Injuries Are Covered? 2008-04-15 11:57:49 You know you are injured, but is your injury covered by Workers
’ Compensation
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Georgia
’s workers’ compensation laws require that for compensation to be due, an injury to an employee must 1) “arise out of” and 2) “in the course of” employment. These are deceptively complicated requirements here in Georgia. There is no clear cut test [...] Read more:Injuries
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Hiring An Attorney - Five Questions You Should Always Ask 2008-04-15 11:54:10 1. How many years of experience do you have? This seems to be an obvious question but it is amazing how infrequently it gets asked. Experience is the key to the practice of law. The old adage is that, with a lawyer, you pay for the gray hair. The more experience an attorney has, the [...] Read more:Hiring
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Georgia Workers’ Compensation Benefits - What Employees Are Entitled to Benefits? 2008-04-15 11:52:50 What is Workers
’ Compensation
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In Georgia
, Workers’ Compensation operates as a “no fault” system for compensating injured workers for time missed from work and for costs of necessary medical treatment. The system presents trade-offs for Georgia workers. While it bars claims against an employer for personal injury, it also bars some of the defenses an employer [...] Read more:Benefits
Exclusive Remedy Provisions/Workers’ Compensation - Can I sue my employer? 2008-04-15 11:49:40 Many clients, sometimes after years of litigating a workers’ compensation claim, get to the frustration point where they decide: “I guess I’m going to have to sue my employer.” It is at this point that the harsh reality must be revealed (or reiterated). In most cases, if you have a workers’ compensation claim, you cannot [...] Read more:Workers
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