Recent Posts in 2015

• Georgia Supreme Court Rules Non-Party Employer’s Fault May be Considered in Lawsuit Despite Exclusive Remedy Provision Included in Workers’ Compensation Act

  Dec 10, 2015
  The Supreme Court of Georgia has ruled that a jury may apportion a percentage of fault to an employer that enjoys immunity under the Georgia Workers’ ...
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• Georgia Appeals Court Overturns Denial of Hurt Employee’s Workers’ Compensation Benefits Request

  Nov 12, 2015
  In Burdette v. Chandler Telecom, LLC , a Georgia employee was apparently hurt when he fell from a cellular telephone tower while working for a ...
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• Georgia Appeals Court Denies Employer’s Motion to Enforce Subrogation Lien in Workers’ Compensation Case

  Nov 6, 2015
  In Best Buy Co. v. McKinney , a Georgia employee apparently fell off a forklift while working at an electronics store. Due to his fall, the worker ...
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• OSHA Issues $141K in Penalties to Georgia Plastics Company After Two Employees Suffer Finger Amputations Within Two Weeks

  Sep 11, 2015
  An Oakwood, Georgia plastics company was recently issued over $141,000 in proposed fines for 22 alleged health and safety violations. According to an ...
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• Appellate Division Rules Deceased Worker’s Estate May Collect Disability Benefits in Georgia Workers’ Compensation Case

  Aug 27, 2015
  The Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation Appellate Division has ruled that an employee’s subsequent unrelated death does not preclude his or ...
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• Appeals Court Rules ALJ Misapplied the Law Related to Georgia Man’s Catastrophic Workers’ Compensation Injury

  Jul 30, 2015
  In Barnes v. Roseburg Forest Products Co. , a Georgia man’s leg was amputated below the knee in a 1993 workplace accident. At the time, the man’s ...
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• OSHA Issues $115K in Fines After Atlanta Worker is Hurt by Improperly Locked Out Machine

  Jun 16, 2015
  A 56-year-old worker was recently injured by a piece of machinery used to assemble air filters at an Atlanta workplace. According to the nation’s ...
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• Georgia Employee Denied Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Workplace Stroke

  May 27, 2015
  In Save-A-Lot Food Stores v. Amos , a Georgia man sought workers’ compensation benefits from the grocery store where he worked after suffering an ...
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