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Is there a difference between restrictions and limitations? What if your doctor is giving you work restrictions and is he also giving you limitations with regards to your work. Can you perform the light duty job that has been offered to you as to get you off the Workers' Compensation system and get you back into a modified job?

This is “strange bird” in the field of law of workers' compensation. It is an injury that happens after the job injury because of the medical condition the originally injured body part.

On September 19, 2019, my wife, Carmen, and I traveled to an Open House event for Georgia Spine & Orthopedics. This is the office of four specialized physicians.

Second opinions, independent medical examiners are usually considered by most orthopedic doctors as providing the same function and purpose: a fresh set of eyes to review the medical evidence and a fresh examination of the injured person.

Clearly there is an opioid and Fentanyl crisis in the United States. Everyone talks about it. Sixty Minutes does a report about it almost quarterly.

In a previous blog titled “Lawyers and Opponents-Lawyers as Colleagues-Lawyers as Friends”, I wrote about how important it is not be perceived by my clients as being “too close, too cordial, too social” with the insurance lawyer.

In the September 16, 2019, edition of the Fulton County Daily Report, the lead article states “Continuing its Hiring Streak, Swift, Currie, McGhee and Heirs, has added three associates in Atlanta…with their additions, Swift Currie has hired 14 lawyers so far this year, on top of 45 lawyers in 2018.

One of the hardest thing to do from my perspective as an attorney/advocate for the injured folks when their cases enter into the litigation phase, is how to treat the insurance lawyer.

“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” Said another way, how many employers must an employer have before they have to have workers' compensation insurance coverage for their business?

There are a few myths to explore with regard of lawyers' fees. According to the ABA Journal, Vol. 105, No. 7, September/October 2019, private lawyers earn an average of $144,230 per year. But this wealth is not being shared equally, across gender, region of the USA, client type and practice area.