Georgia Work Comp News
The latest news about workers compensation in Georgia.
- The Georgia Court of Appeals dismissed a worker’s challenge to the denial of his claim for benefits based on his failure to follow the proper procedure for seeking review. Case: Belgrave…
- The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer improperly terminated an employee’s benefits based on the opinion of a referred specialist clearing him to return to work without any similar…
- The Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation is hosting a training course Aug. 30 offering 10 hours of continuing education credits for workers’ compensation adjusters. The in-person program will cover topics…
- The Supreme Court of Georgia last week accepted an attorney’s voluntary surrender of his law license for misusing an injured worker’s settlement funds. Richard H. Middleton Jr. had been a licensed…
- The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was barred from proceeding with a civil suit against a colleague who struck him with a car in their employer’s parking…
- The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the five-year statutory deadline for a worker to request a hearing on her claim was tolled by the statewide judicial emergency orders issued…
- The Georgia Court of Appeals overturned a trial judge’s finding that an employer did not owe the additional premiums calculated by his insurance carrier after auditing his tax returns and…
- The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge used the wrong standard to deny an injured worker the ability to select a doctor of her own choosing…
- Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would postpone by two years the shuttering of the state’s Subsequent Injury Trust Fund. Sen. Clint Dixon The Senate on Tuesday sent SB 91, by…