Georgia Workers Compensation blog
Covers workers' comp and other benefits issues and legal developments.
Author: Jodi Ginsberg is a Workers' Comp lawyer based in Georgia.
Blawg Related Categories: Benefits/ERISA • Labor & Employment • Law Firms • Solos/Small Firms • States • Georgia • Workers Compensation
Recent Posts from Georgia Workers Compensation blog
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Employee Gets Bad Information About Legitimate Job Injury
Although Georgia's workers' compensation system is supposed to foster an environment where legitimately injured workers can get needed treatment and then return to work, the reality is much different. It has been my experience that…
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How Facebook Can Undermine Your Workers' Compensation Case
If you have a computer and enjoy sufing the web, there is a good chance that you have a profile on Facebook, mySpace, Twitter or any of more than a hundred social media sites. These…
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Injured Atlanta Cops Fight Workers Comp System
A front page story in the Sunday, May 24, 2009 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution details the struggle of five catastrophically injured Atlanta police officers to obtain needed medical help from the City of Atlanta's…
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Weekly Wage Benefits are Exempt from Garnishment
A workers' compensation claim can result in many unpleasant changes in your life. Besides the health issues and the stress that you have to deal with, financial problems also often arise. Recently one of my…
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Carpal Tunnel Diagnosis Need Not Arise from Repetitive Motion Job Tasks
In our Georgia workers compensation law practice, we regularly see carpal tunnel cases. Carpel tunnel syndrome arises when the muscles in the wrist swell and compress the nerve running down the arm into the hand. …
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How, When and To Whom Do I Give Notice of my On-the-Job Injury?
Several times a year, I get a call from an injured worker who is facing a denial from the insurance company on the grounds that no timely notice of a claim was filed. The Georgia…
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How Does Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Affect my Workers' Compensation Case?
I recently received a question from a gentleman named Charlie who asks: I filed chapter 13 about 2 years ago, now I got hurt on Job and am receiving W.C. In the process W.C. (...)
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Who Decides About Your Medical Care in Your Workers' Comp Case?
You have been injured on the job and are now receiving Georgia workers' compensation benefits. Who decides which doctor you can see? What if you are not happy with the company doctor? Are there any…
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Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation Web Site - a Useful Resource
Our firm's blog and web site makes frequent reference to the Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation. The State Board functions as the court system for workers' compensation claims in Georgia. The Board is a…
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Medical Treatment in a Workers' Compensation Case - What You Need to Know
If you are injured on the job and you are a covered worker under the workers' compensation law, your employer is required to provide you with medical care. However, as you may suspect, what you…