As we have learned from the recent COVID-19 pandemic, lung health is critically important and any complications to the respiratory system can majorly affect entire lifestyles. Lung trauma ranges from respiratory illness to organ injury and damage. Whether respiratory

From Valentine’s Day to American Heart Month, February is all about the heart. This heart-centric celebration of love and focus on cardiovascular health is an opportune time to refresh your understanding of workers’ compensation for heart-related emergencies. If a

So you started a new job, but suffer from an ongoing health problem such as arthritis or back pain. Is your employer required to provide workers’ compensation benefits for these pre-existing conditions? Short answer: it depends. Pre-existing conditions complicate

New years often come with new changes. Whether you are starting a new job or heading back into the workplace following the winter holidays, it is important to understand your options in the event of an on-the-job injury. As

While cold weather might signal the arrival of the holiday season, it also ushers in a whole slew of problems when it comes to workplace safety. Although Georgia doesn’t normally experience severe winter weather conditions, something as simple as

As the holiday season approaches, it is very common for many folks to take on an additional job. These seasonal workers tend to be individuals who only work for a company for a short duration of time over the

In previous blogs, we’ve discussed disability severity classifications, catastrophic injury designations, and on-the-job fatality realities, but what encompasses the non-catastrophic injury? Non-catastrophic injuries are those which one can expect to recover from. The determining factor is not the severity,

If you were recently injured at work, you probably have a lot of questions about the workers’ compensation system—as an employee, what are my rights? What are the correct procedures for getting medical attention, filing claims, and returning to

Workers’ compensation, like any practice of law, is an ever-changing industry with new amendments to rules and regulations each year. In Georgia, the State Board of Workers’ Compensation outlines 388 rules pertaining to every aspect of workers’ compensation—from employee

As an injured worker filing a workers’ compensation case, is your medical information actually private? Under Georgia law, possibly not. If you were recently hurt on the job and filed a workers’ compensation case, the last thing you would