The panel of physicians can be a pivotal aspect to any workers' compensation claim. With a proper panel, the employer can limit which physicians an injured...

Whether it is a defective product, an unmaintained piece of equipment, or even a security tape, failing to preserve evidence relevant to the claimant's injury may be devastating to your case.

On March 14, 2020, the United States House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgia Workers' Compensation Bar has eagerly awaited the first published case concerning the compensability of COVID-19 claims.

Recreational marijuana is now legal in more states than ever before.

Following an injury arising out of and in the course of employment, Georgia's workers' compensation laws require an employer/insurer to pay workers' compensation benefits ...

With increasing regularity, our practice continues to encounter employers who utilize transitional charitable light-duty placement when they are unable to accommodate injured workers' work restrictions.

Workers compensation benefits in Georgia are awarded on a weekly basis to compensate an injured worker for lost future earnings resulting from an on the job injury.

The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled on two cases involving the doctrine of continuous employment in 2017. The doctrine is most frequently applied to traveling employees.

Employers should investigate all reports of harassment, even those that seem to lack credibility.

Recently, the Georgia Supreme Court was petitioned to revisit its prior ruling in Williams v. Corbett, 260 Ga. 668, 398 S.E.2d 1 (1990), on whether an unmarried partner in a meretricious relationship was eligible to ...

In first party lawsuits brought by policyholders against their insurance carriers, allegations of bad faith are often included in the complaint.

The owner of an establishment is not liable for a claimant's injury simply by virtue of the injury occurring on the owner's premises. The fact that someone falls on the premises does...

Just like our lives are shaped, in large part, by those who raised us, the same can be said for our careers and the mentors who supported us along the way.

Workers' compensation claims and injuries do not exist in a vacuum; they affect real people who often have real problems outside of their work injury.

Litigation and medical funding have been hot topics in the legal world for some time

Commonly known as the "apportionment statute," O.C.G.A. §51-12-33 requires that the trier of fact divide responsibility for an injury among all those that contributed to it – parties and nonparties alike.

Following an employer's commencement of weekly benefits to a claimant in connection with a "compensable" work injury, the Workers' Compensation Act...

As anyone with an internet connection knows, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has arrived and it's here to stay. With the rapid advancement computing technologies, many employers...

It is a well-known principal of Georgia law that an employer can be held vicariously liable for injuries to another proximately resulting from the acts of an employee committed within the scope of his or her...