Category: Workers’ Compensation

Common Workplace Injuries and Your Legal Rights

• January 10, 2025
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

We’ve got a lot of hard-working people in Georgia, people who go to their jobs every day, giving their best effort to do good work and support their families. Unfortunately, many of these workers fall victim to injuries in the workplace and find themselves struggling to provide financial security for their loved ones because of an accident that happened on the job. We have seen many different types of workplace injuries involving our clients, but[...]

Workers’ Comp Temporary Total Disability (TTD)

• July 21, 2024
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

If you are injured on the job, you may be worried about how you will have enough money to pay your bills and feed your family.  Being injured at work is difficult enough.  Now you have to worry about your financial well-being as well. Luckily, by law, most employers are required to obtain workers’ compensation insurance for this very reason.  Workers’ compensation is a safety net for employees who are injured on the job, so[...]

What Happens After I Reach MMI Under Georgia Law?

• July 11, 2024
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

If you’re receiving workers’ compensation for a work-related injury, you will eventually reach maximum medical improvement (MMI). MMI is the point at which the symptoms of your illness or injury are unlikely to improve any further, according to a doctor. This has important implications in terms of your compensation entitlements, which we’ll detail in this blog post. How Do I Know When I’ve Reached MMI? You should file a claim with the Georgia Workers’ Compensation[...]

How Do I Maximize My Workers’ Comp Settlement?

• July 5, 2024
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

Accidents can happen at any workplace, and any worker can sustain injuries. A workplace injury can disrupt a worker’s life, leaving them struggling with not only physical pain but also with the complexities of workers’ compensation claims and making sure they get the maximum settlement. As an employee of an organization covered by workers’ compensation insurance, if you sustain injuries on the job, you may receive financial compensation if you file your claim correctly. There[...]

4 Types of Workers’ Compensation Benefits

• July 1, 2024
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation Workplace Accidents

In some parts of the country, the adoption of a system that fixes the amount of benefits paid by employers while providing medical and income benefits for injured workers is over 100 years old. Georgia has a few years to go before the centennial – it didn’t adopt workers’ compensation until 1920, the 42nd state to do so. The rise of industrialization and the corresponding increase in work-related injuries eventually made the old common law[...]

How to File a Workers’ Compensation Claim in Georgia: Deadlines, Forms, and Steps

• December 1, 2023
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

When you are injured on the job, it can cause permanent disability or lasting pain. This may leave you wondering how you will pay your bills and care for your family, especially if you can’t work. It can cause a significant amount of stress for you and your family. This could be a time when you need to consider filing workers’ comp. What is Workers’ Compensation? Workers’ compensation, or workers’ comp, is an insurance program[...]

What Does a Workers’ Compensation Settlement Include?

• December 15, 2022
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

If you’ve been injured in your workplace, you’re probably facing a lot of uncertainty and have a lot of questions regarding what kind of compensation you can get. You probably have reduced work hours and medical bills to pay, and you’re anxious to get everything behind you. Workers’ compensation is designed to lighten your financial burden. An employer’s workers’ compensation insurance provides financial compensation to employees who experience work-related injuries. That’s where a workers' compensation[...]

How to Qualify for Workers’ Compensation in Georgia: Steps to Secure Your Benefits

• February 8, 2022
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

How to Increase Your Chances of Getting Workers' Comp Benefits Accidents happen, and when they happen on the job, you need to know how to increase your chance of getting workers’ comp benefits. These benefits include specialized compensation to help you get through the days ahead and back to work as soon as possible. Unfortunately, such benefits aren’t automatic after a workplace injury. There are things you need to know and steps to take to[...]

If You Get COVID at Work Can You Get Workers’ Comp?

• October 16, 2020
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation

Do you wonder, if you get COVID at work could you get workers’ comp? Yes, it is possible. You may be able to receive workers’ compensation if you get COVID at work, but whether or not you will qualify depends on the circumstances of your individual situation. The COVID pandemic has resulted in some unique challenges for employees trying to qualify for workers’ compensation insurance. Georgia employers who have three or more employees are required[...]

Workplace Injury Trends and Legal Options for Injured Workers

• May 2, 2019
• Attorney David Mann
• Workers' Compensation Workplace Accidents

For more than 45 years, the Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities program at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has compiled statistics about injuries, illnesses and fatalities on the job in the U.S. According to a recent survey of the last 25 years of data, U.S. workers are getting injured less and dying less often at work. But, clearly, there is still work to be done to make every workplace in America safe. BLS reports that[...]