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Georgia Workers’ Compensation Keeping You In The Dark?

Recently I received a phone call from a fel­low named Luther.  Luther had a seri­ous low back injury and was ask­ing us to assist him with his Social Secu­rity Dis­abil­ity claim.  In the course of the phone call, I asked Luther how the injury occurred.  He explained he had been injured on the job.  I […]

  • January 17, 2012

Your Injury May Entitle You To Multiple Claims

In the state of  Geor­gia, our Workers’Compensation laws pre­clude you from fil­ing what is called a tort (or neg­li­gence action) against your employer.  How­ever, if your job injury arose from the fault of some­one other than your employer, you most likely have what is called a third party action.  It is impor­tant to note that […]

  • January 5, 2012

Eye Injury Victim? Your Marietta Attorney is Ready to Assist You

One’s pre­cious vision can often be taken for granted, but an eye injury can change that in a sec­ond. Lit­er­ally, in the blink of an eye, you can go from a sighted per­son to a par­tially sighted per­son – or even com­pletely blind through no fault of your own. For­tu­nately, most of us can be very […]

  • December 20, 2011

When Electrocution Leads to Permanent Injury or Death, You Need the Services of a Decatur Personal Injury Attorney

Did you know that elec­tro­cu­tions hap­pen almost every day?  Although “elec­tro­cu­tion” actu­ally refers to the shock to a human body that results in death, today, the word is com­monly used to mean any­one who has been severely shocked and received injury from it, whether or not they sur­vive. Although minor shocks can result in minimal […]

  • December 18, 2011

Do You Need the Services of a Personal Injury Lawyer if You’ve Suffered Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Did you know that carpal tun­nel syn­drome is the most com­mon of work­place injuries?  And were you aware that like other types of work­place injuries, you can opt to get work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion ben­e­fits?  These state­ments are both true, how­ever, if your injuries are seri­ous enough, you may even want to con­sider fil­ing a per­sonal injury lawsuit. […]

  • December 15, 2011

Why You Need an Attorney Before You File Your Workers’ Compensation Claim

Have you been injured on the job? If so, you may think it’s a sim­ple mat­ter to file your work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion claim, meet with the com­pany rep­re­sen­ta­tive, and receive ben­e­fits, right? Actu­ally, prob­a­bly not. It can be dif­fi­cult to file work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion claims, and one rea­son is the forms them­selves are quite dif­fi­cult to under­stand. More […]

  • December 7, 2011

Our Success

Some of our Ver­dicts and Set­tle­ments Con­fi­den­tial res­o­lu­tion against defen­dants Durakon Indus­tries, Conoco Oil Com­pany et al. v. Lee Jack­son, client burned at gas sta­tion due to fail­ure to warn of dan­ger­ous con­di­tion. Geor­gia Court of Appeals & Geor­gia Supreme Court Undis­closed con­fi­den­tial set­tle­ment and Med­ical License per­ma­nently sur­ren­dered against doc­tor who was found to […]

  • October 10, 2011

Atlanta Botanical Garden Construction Accident Reaches Settlements

Lawyers for the work­ers involved in a con­struc­tion site acci­dent that injured sev­eral work­ers and killed one have reached set­tle­ments total­ing more than $15 mil­lion accord­ing to Atlanta news reports.  The acci­dent hap­pened when an ele­vated plat­form at the Atlanta Botan­i­cal Gar­den com­plex col­lapsed, leav­ing con­struc­tion work­ers to fall as far as 40 feet to […]

  • October 10, 2011

Are Your Hand and Wrist Injuries Caused By Your Job?

Hand and wrist injuries are extremely com­mon.  If you are hav­ing pain or swelling in your wrists or hands, your job may be the cul­prit.  As rep­utable Geor­gia hand & wrist injury attor­neys, we know that many peo­ple suf­fer these injuries because of the type of work they do. Repet­i­tive motions can cause injuries to the […]

  • October 4, 2011

OSHA For Numerous Safety Violations">Charles Greer Lumber Company Cited by OSHA For Numerous Safety Violations

Charles Greer Lum­ber Com­pany, a Suwa­nee, Ga based man­u­fac­turer of wooden pal­lets, has once again been cited by the Occu­pa­tional Safety and Health Admin­is­tra­tion (OSHA) fol­low­ing numer­ous alleged safety vio­la­tions.  Some of the recent vio­la­tions were the same as ones they have been cites with pre­vi­ously. Work­place injuries are a seri­ous con­cern, it seems that […]

  • September 24, 2011

& Hour (Overtime) Class Litigations, a Growing Trend">Wage & Hour (Overtime) Class Litigations, a Growing Trend

Wage and hour law­suits have been steadily ris­ing over the last few years, and the trend con­tin­ues.  In recent years, Wal­mart, Star­bucks, FedEx and Domino’s Pizza are just a few of the well-known names whose com­pa­nies have had class action law­suits filed against them. Here are the results of a study of 187 Wage & […]

  • September 20, 2011

When Injured in a Construction Site Accident, Who May Be Held Liable?

Con­struc­tion site acci­dents are respon­si­ble for more injuries on the job than in any other indus­try, but often it is hard to deter­mine who is actu­ally to blame.  The nature of this type of work makes acci­dents inevitable; dan­ger­ous chem­i­cals, heavy machin­ery and equip­ment, falling debris and other fac­tors put work­ers at risk.  As experienced […]

  • September 19, 2011

Eye Injuries

Eye injuries in the work­place are much more com­mon than most peo­ple real­ize.  In fact, each day as many as 2,000 work­ers in the United States suf­fer an eye injury related to their jobs, accord­ing to the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion.  Of these, over 100 result in days off from work, and as […]

  • September 16, 2011

Should You File a Workers’ Comp Claim When You Have Been Injured On The Job?

You have been injured at your work­place, and now you aren’t sure whether you should file a work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion claim.  You may feel embar­rassed, or won­der whether you can lose your job if you file a claim.   Every year injured work­ers fail to file a claim when they should.  Often this fail­ure to file […]

  • September 3, 2011

What Are The Most Common Workplace Injuries?

Some jobs put work­ers at a higher risk of injury than oth­ers.  Obvi­ously, those who work on con­struc­tion sites, man­u­fac­tur­ing plants, ware­houses, or who drive trucks are at an increased risk of injuries due to the nature of their jobs. How­ever, any type of job involves some risk; you may injure your back reach­ing for an […]

  • August 22, 2011

Cartersville Tractor-Trailer Accident Claims Life of Driver

Two weeks ago, the dri­ver of a tractor-trailer rig was killed when the truck he was dri­ving left the road­way and even­tu­ally landed in the woods after cross­ing the south­bound lanes of High­way 411.  Upon impact with the trees, the tractor-trailer burst into flames trap­ping the dri­ver who died at the scene.  As an experienced […]

  • August 18, 2011

Is It Worth Your While to Hire a Workers’ Compensation Attorney When You’ve Been Injured on The Job?

Employ­ees often have no idea that when they are injured on the job things may get a lit­tle com­pli­cated.  You expect your work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion to “kick in” so that you can get the med­ical care you need and pay your bills.  Unfor­tu­nately it doesn’t always work that way.  When you’ve been injured on the job, […]

  • August 10, 2011

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The Keener Law Firm For over 20 years Mr. Rus­sell Keener and his attor­neys have spe­cial­ize in a broad range of per­sonal injury claims for seri­ous and fatal injuries.  These claims includ­e work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion, car acci­dents, Social Secu­rity claims (SSDI and SSI), truck acci­dents, motor­cy­cle acci­dents, ampu­ta­tion cases, DUI acci­dents, phar­macy errors, con­cus­sions, brain injuries and, disk herniation, […]

  • August 5, 2011

Three Ways to Maximize Your Personal Injury or Workers’ Comp Claim

There are three key ways to be pre­pared to max­i­mize your per­sonal injury claim or work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion claim in Geor­gia. First, there is what I’ll call “finan­cial prepa­ra­tion.” Sec­ond, what I’ll call “cov­er­age prepa­ra­tion.” Third, what I’ll call “legal prepa­ra­tion.” I will dis­cuss each of these in turn below.

  • August 2, 2011

Why You Need an Attorney if You Have Been Injured

The other day, sev­eral of the ded­i­cated staff mem­bers from the Keener Law Firm took a day off from assist­ing our won­der­ful clients to attend an edu­ca­tional event spe­cially orga­nized for pro­fes­sion­als who han­dle work injury claims. The event was orga­nized by the Geor­gia State Board of Work­ers’ Com­pen­sa­tion and should have been neu­tral. Meaning, […]

  • July 20, 2011

Can I Receive Advance Payments for My Injuries Before Settlement?

If I have a lia­bil­ity claim or a worker’s com­pen­sa­tion claim, can I receive advance pay­ments for med­ical bills or lost wages from my employer, the defen­dant, or a third party? Injured work­ers seek­ing income ben­e­fits through the work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion sys­tem often face an insur­ance com­pany and adjuster who want to play hard­ball. They often controvert […]

  • July 14, 2011

If I Get Hurt on the Job, Can My Employer Take Away My Paid Time Off?

If you are cur­rently seek­ing work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion and your employer is try­ing to sub­sti­tute your com­pen­sa­tion by tak­ing away your “sick leave,” “vaca­tion,” or “paid time off,” you should con­sult an attor­ney imme­di­ately to pro­tect your rights. In Geor­gia, except for spe­cial sit­u­a­tions, “an employee is not allowed

  • June 28, 2011

Fault Doesn’t Matter in Worker’s Comp.

If you are injured on the job you qual­ify for work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion ben­e­fits. It doesn’t even mat­ter if it was your fault. It’s easy to believe that if you are hurt on the job because you made a mis­take or vio­lated a safety pol­icy that you would not qual­ify for work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion ben­e­fits. How­ever, that is […]

  • April 12, 2011

Medical Treatment For Life

If you have been injured on the job, Geor­gia work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion law allows you to receive med­ical treat­ment, for that injury, for life. At the time you report your job injury, the employer is sup­posed to give you what is known as a posted panel of physi­cians (or posted panel of doc­tors or a “list […]

  • March 24, 2011

Trench Cave-Ins

Cony­ers Com­pany Fined $42,000 For the sec­ond time in three years, the Occu­pa­tional Safety and Health Admin­is­tra­tion (OSHA) has fined Latex Con­struc­tion Com­pany, Inc of Cony­ers, Geor­gia for safety vio­la­tions.  OSHA fined Latex Con­struc­tion Com­pany $42,000 for its failure to

  • March 20, 2011

Workers’ Compensation Surviellance

Some­times the work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion insur­ance com­pany will hire a pri­vate inves­ti­ga­tor to fol­low you around. I would say that 90% of my clients do not know when they are being fol­lowed around by an inves­ti­ga­tor. I had a client one time who, after tak­ing his pain med­i­cine took out his trash. The insur­ance com­pany got […]

  • March 7, 2011

GA Senate Bill 7 Seeks to Give Georgia Employers a Free Pass">GA Senate Bill 7 Seeks to Give Georgia Employers a Free Pass

The ‘blame the undoc­u­mented worker, but not the employer’ nar­ra­tive appears to be dri­ving the lat­est pro­posed leg­is­la­tion put forth by Geor­gia  Repub­li­cans. This puni­tive bill called Sen­ate Bill 7 (SB-7) which is spon­sored by State Sen. Bill Heath would deny work­ers from col­lect­ing wage loss com­pen­sa­tion and med­ical ben­e­fits if the worker is clas­si­fied as undocumented […]

  • February 12, 2011

Georgia Insurance Co. Fined For Failure To Report Job Injuries

Spe­cialty Risk Ser­vices LLC, of Con­necti­cut, and Broad­spire Ser­vices Inc., of Geor­gia, have agreed to pay Mis­souri $75,000 and $28,500, respec­tively, to set­tle alle­ga­tions they know­ingly failed to report worker injuries. The two firms are “third-party admin­is­tra­tors” who con­tract with var­i­ous com­pa­nies to file reports of injury on behalf of those com­pa­nies, but they failed to […]

  • February 12, 2011

Return to Work

If your doc­tor has you totally writ­ten out of work or has you writ­ten to restric­tions so severe that your employer can­not or will not pro­vide you a job, you are enti­tled to weekly income ben­e­fits. How­ever, if your doc­tor writes you back to work on some type of lim­ited duty, your employer will likely submit […]

  • February 11, 2011

Authorized Treating Physician

One of the most impor­tant aspects of your Geor­gia work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion case is the choice of your Autho­rized Treat­ing Physi­cian (ATP).  Every work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion case in Geor­gia has one autho­rized treat­ing physi­cian. The ATP is your pri­mary doc­tor.  He is the med­ical gate­keeper of your case.  He has total and exclu­sive con­trol of your medical […]

  • February 11, 2011

FAST SETTLEMENT?">FAST SETTLEMENT?

Be Care­ful… three days after you have a car wreck, you are con­tacted by the other person’s insur­ance com­pany offer­ing you a FAST per­sonal injury set­tle­ment . You have not fin­ished your med­ical care and are not exactly sure what your med­ical future holds. Nev­er­the­less, fast money sounds great and they dan­gle it in front […]

  • February 10, 2011

Amputation Injury

what is it worth? When I eval­u­ate a case for set­tle­ment the actual “value” of a lost body part is only a small part of the total value of the claim. The key ques­tions have to do with your future employ­ment his­tory and what your med­ical providers tell me we can expect in the future […]

  • February 10, 2011

Full Value

…is what you are enti­tled to… Insur­ance adjusters thrive off of the con­fu­sion that an auto acci­dent causes in people’s lives. The adjuster’s job is to make the insur­ance com­pany more money by pay­ing less money to peo­ple injured. They do this by tak­ing advan­tage of any instances where an injured per­son does not have proof […]

  • February 10, 2011

Workers’ Compensation

Work­ers’ Com­pen­sa­tion in Geor­gia pro­vides ben­e­fits to speed the money to those who need it rather than delay­ing each case through the court. When both sides of a work­place injury claim coop­er­ate, you get the com­pen­sa­tion you are due quickly, with­out com­pli­ca­tions. Your family’s needs don’t stop just because you can’t work, and you shouldn’t have […]

  • February 8, 2011

Car Accident Procedures

Per­sonal Injury Law Geor­gia Car Acci­dent Pro­ce­dures If you’ve been in a car acci­dent and are look­ing for infor­ma­tion about how to assess your rights and respon­si­bil­i­ties and where to go for help, you’ve come to the right spot.

  • February 7, 2011