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If you are hurt during a regularly scheduled break at work, you will not have a claim for a job injury. There could be exceptions which will be based on the degree of control the employer has over you while you are on the break or whether you have complete control over your break time.

What effect does this have upon a person who is involved in an automobile accident? Most insurance companies argue that any bodily injuries where preexisting spinal arthritis is discovered on an X-Ray therefore eliminates the possibility of any injuries resulting from the automobile accident.

Many states allow for a person to be treated for psychological injuries sustained on the job. Examples: stress, emotional harassment by an employer, etc.

There are pros and cons when the only treatment alternative for further of medical care is the implanting of a spinal cord stimulator (SCS).

There are a number of Statute of Limitations in the Workers' Compensation field. Essentially this means a deadline that if one lets it pass, that aspect of the case will be closed.

It is a fracture of part of the structure of your spine, usually the lower part.

I recently represented a very nice lady in her 50's. She was a claims adjuster for an insurance company. She fell through the roof of a residential home while inspecting it for roof damage.

Have you been solicited or been contacted by “runner” who tells you that you should be represented by a particular lawyer? If that is the case, watch out if this happens to you!

In many of our auto accident cases and in some of our workers' compensation cases Medicare pays a bill that is generated for medical treatment. It is usually an emergency room bill because the emergency room business office grabs the first card they can from the distressed and injured person, and many times that card is a Medicare card instead of a group insurance card or a workers' compensation employer's name and number.

There are a number of well qualified mediators in the Atlanta Metro market to help parties resolve disputes. There are a number of retired Court of Appeals Judges, retired Superior Court Judges, retired and active Administrative Law Judges and many successful attorneys who just want to move from litigation responsibilities to perform their new found job as a Mediator.