Workplace injuries can be devastating and financially costly for employees and employers alike. Even a minor injury that forces an employee to miss work or limits their ability to carry out their job duties can have negative consequences for both employees and businesses. When you factor in the …
Workers' Compensation
Boy Scouts, Bankruptcy & Workers’ Compensation Questions
In February 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to the hundred of sex abuse lawsuits pending against them. This national story continues to make headlines as the details of the legal mess get sorted out, and it recently led us to reflect on a common source of …
Common Lies Insurance Companies Tell Injured Workers
Some insurance companies can be “above board” with their customers, but others can be deceptive. It’s important to state that while not all workers’ compensation insurance companies (or agents working at those companies) conduct themselves in devious ways, some do take advantage of injured workers …
Why Do Employers Fail to Report a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
We are often asked by friends and family: Why do people call an attorney when they have a workers’ compensation case? Isn’t it a statutory system and all anyone has to do is follow what is laid out in the law? Oh, if it were only that simple. For starters, an employer may refuse to report an …
Fighting Fraud in the Workers’ Compensation System
Most people have heard about the woman who sued McDonald’s because her coffee was too hot. This case is often used by critics as an example of what happens when “lawyers run amok.” However, few people know that the resulting lawsuit demonstrated that McDonald’s did indeed know that they were …
Exceptions to Georgia’s Workers’ Compensation “No-Fault” Rule
On Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Oakland, California, a helicopter dropped an enormous air-conditioning unit onto a city street. (The picture and video are worth viewing to see the sheer size of the unit.) There were workers’ all around coordinating the movement and the task looked extremely …
