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There have been several articles published recently stating Georgia is a “judicial hellhole and a thermonuclear corporate verdict hotspot.” These comments resulted from millions of dollars in high jury verdicts in Georgia.

Assessed attorney fees in litigated workers’ compensation cases are extremely hard to obtain. A recent article in The Verdict, a Georgia Trial Lawyer magazine, addressed this issue

In a recent automobile settlement, attorneys for the three people who died in an automobile crash sued the employer of the negligent driver who caused the accident.

So, in this set of facts, is this a job injury? The Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation said NO, it was not an aggravation. Claim denied.

I just read a most interesting article that was on the front page of the Fulton County Daily Report dated August 22, 2022.

I am referring here to soliciting future clients. Many of us call it “feeding the pipeline.” Every business needs new clients at a rate that would ensure their continuing profitability.

The way the worker is first introduced to the WC system is generally through the Concentra, Urgent Care, Clinic route. I can state within a reasonable degree of accuracy that my clients find this initial treatment deeply off-putting and most of my clients have already heard stories about the company clinics as they call them.

You are a worker in the water works department of your county.  A major flood occurs in your city. Your supervisor sent you and another worker out in a boat to rescue those in harm’s way. Your supervisor radios you to go to the local cemetery where much to your horror you are told 18 caskets have “escaped” their graves and are floating down the river.

Have you ever wondered whether a settlement mediation is better than a jury trial of your case in your automobile accident matter? How about in your workers’ compensation claim…does a settlement mediation actually help to get the injured person more money?

This legal term, subrogation, means that a workers’ compensation insurance company who pays out money benefits to an injured worker may request some of that money from the injured worker if the worker has filed a separate negligence claim against another company/insurance company and collects damages in that separate claim.