Georgia Injury Blog

Usually, when people think about on-the-job injuries, they picture hazardous jobs such as construction work. It is easy to imagine that people with dangerous jobs could be hurt at work, doing intense physical work at great heights or in tight quarters. What is just as common, however, is that people with regular, “everyday” jobs get…

Due to the size and weight of commercial trucks, truck drivers have less room for making driving errors than drivers of passenger vehicles. The result of a poor decision can be a catastrophic accident that leaves the victims in other vehicles suffering long-term injuries or death. One driving mistake that truckers make that can endanger you…

Working in a supermarket is physically demanding, and the duties of workers are becoming more varied as these stores increase the range of products they sell. Many of these workers don’t make a lot of money and can’t afford to be off work to care for an injury or to get the medical treatment they…

Despite the assistive devices used when moving luggage at our airports, the duties of baggage handlers are physically demanding and must be done over and over again throughout the work day. Because of this, airport workers may suffer injuries that cause chronic pain and limitations of movement that can prevent them from working while they…

Utility workers provide us with vital electric, gas, and other services on a daily basis, but many of us are unaware of the hazards they face when performing daily routine tasks and dealing with emergencies, such as power outages and gas leaks. These dangers can lead to chronic disabling conditions and catastrophic injuries. Under Georgia…

You probably never thought about your right to workers’ compensation benefits until you were injured at your job and realized that you should file a workers’ compensation claim. It is important to understand common myths about these claims so that you receive the benefits you deserve. Myth #1: You Cannot Receive Workers’ Compensation Benefits If…

Insurance adjusters can be very challenging to work with. It sometimes seems as though the only injuries that make it effortlessly through a claim are injuries where concrete evidence of damage exists, such as an x-ray depicting a clearly broken bone. Other car accident injuries—the ones that are far more common, such as soft tissue…

Car accidents, especially relatively minor fender-benders, are a part of life. Most of us see one (or at least the aftermath of one) on almost a daily basis on our commute to work or home. Usually, everyone is lucky enough to seem physically unhurt, and damage may be minor. Sometimes, police are at the scene;…

No vehicle’s brakes are immune to overheating. You may have experienced this in your own car and if you’ve ever been driving down an extremely long and steep hill, you may see gravel ramps off to the side of the road called runaway truck ramps, which are designed to help truck drivers stop when their…

If you have ever been involved in even a minor car accident, you know how the moments immediately following the crash feel. Your adrenaline and nerves kick in, and seemingly millions of thoughts race through your mind. You try to run the details of the crash over and over again in your mind, but everything…