In a recent case, a court was asked to decide whether an employee’s obesity was the primary cause of a work injury which would have prevented the employee from receiving benefits. The court announced that the determining factor was whether the employee was injured while performing an activity that was part of his/her job. If…
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The Georgia Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in which it clarified one of the distinctions between a new injury and a change of condition.
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The unprecedented growth of the Georgia SITF over the past few years reportedly indicates growth of a substantial unfunded liability. These ever-rising liabilities, coupled with incentives to submit cases into the Fund and increasing assessments, have been a recipe for financial disaster that the Georgia Legislature has now addressed.
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Any insurance company licensed in Georgia to issue workers’ compensation policies or self-insured employer authorized by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation is eligible to file a claim for potential reimbursement from the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund. The employer/insurer should forward a letter to the fund stating a desire to actively pursue the claim. The…
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Workers’ compensation is a system created by the Georgia government to provide workers “immediate” income supplements and medical benefits as a result of an accident that occurred on the job. Many times people refer to the system as “workmen’s compensation”. However, given the fact that women make up a great portion of the work force,…
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