Category: Is this a work-related injury?

Here’s what you should know about workers’ compensation if you’ve suffered a burn injury at work. No matter how minor they are or may seem, burns are a very painful sort of injury, and many times take a long time to heal. Burn classifications Burns have different classifications to rate their severity: First-degree, second-degree, and  … Read more

Wondering what is considered an on the job injury in Georgia? Under the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act, an injury is compensable if it occurs “by an accident that arises out of and in the course of” employment.   What Is a work-related injury? An accident arises out of employment when there’s a causal connection between work  … Read more

You are entitled to workers comp for a sprained ankle and other sprains involving a ligament and muscle strains. There are many types of workplace injuries, here we discuss strains and sprains which, while similar in nature, are two very different conditions. They can occur independently of one another or concurrently and are a valid  … Read more

Many people wonder if they can receive workers comp for mental health injuries. While usually on-the-job injuries are equated with physical injuries, psychological and/or psychiatric injuries can occur as well. Though it can be almost impossible to see them, their effects on a worker are every bit as valid and real. Under workers’ compensation laws,  … Read more

Wondering what to do if you get hurt at work? If you have never experienced an on-the-job injury before, you should be aware of what to do right away, so that you are able to protect your rights should something occur. Here’s a short (but important!) list of things Georgia employees should know: Take Notes  … Read more

If you slip and fall at work and are injured you may have a right to workers’ compensation benefits. Slip, trip and fall injuries are among the various types of workers’ compensation injuries that can occur.  Is your fall work-related? Under the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act, an injury is compensable if it occurs “by an  … Read more

This question comes up from time to time, and as a Atlanta workers’ comp attorney I have the privilege of answering it. This question often comes from men who have physically demanding jobs they love doing and want to continue doing.  In a case decided in March 2015 called ABF Freight Systems Inc. v. Presley,  … Read more

The Georgia Court of Appeals evaluated a case this summer titled Chambers v. Monroe County Board of Commissioners that involved an injury the Employer argued was “idiopathic” (i.e., that it could have happened anywhere, so it shouldn’t be covered by workers’ compensation insurance).  After the claimant won at the initial hearing, she was overturned at  … Read more

Julie Tassler was murdered on Christmas Eve in 2008 while on a smoke break from her job at an HSBC processing center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her husband, after being served divorce papers the night before, found her in her car and shot her before turning the gun on himself. Now the estate of  … Read more

Back in February, the state of Hawaii introduced a bill that, had it passed, would have made workplace bullying an occupational safety violation. Ultimately that meant that Senate Bill 2487 proposed to make victims of workplace bullying and harassment eligible for workers’ compensation. We’re in a time when jobs are hard to come by and where workers  … Read more