Georgia Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Georgia.
- The Georgia Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a worker’s claim because the denial was premised on an erroneous legal theory. Curtis Thomas worked for United Electric Co. He allegedly…
- The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge erred in dismissing a widower’s civil suit against a theme park operator for his wife’s death from falling out of…
- The Georgia Supreme Court this month disbarred a claimants’ attorney who forged his clients’ signatures on checks and stole $159,615 in proceeds for his own purposes. Bryan Matthew Pritchett failed to…
- Legislation introduced in Georgia would increase temporary disability and death benefits and revise the process for reinstating benefits when an effort to return an injured worker to employment fails. HB 1355…