Ty Wilson Law Podcast

If you've been hurt on the job, and you've been released to light duty.  And your employer does not have work for you. Remember you have a obligation to do a diligent job search. So, what does that mean? That means that you should look for gainful employment within your work restrictions based upon what that doctor's saying. And so, when you go to an employer and ask them for work t...

So, this is kind of a companion to the Defense Medical Evaluation video that I did just a minute ago. Where they requested that my client go five hours from Savannah to Atlanta for an 8:00 A.M. appointment on a Monday. And so, the question is, there are certain times when that may be the only type of doctor out here on the coast. We do not have a huge selection of certain types of doctors where as...

We received a question the other day. "What are the benefits that you're possibly entitled to in a Georgia workers compensation claim?" And so, the really are two main benefits; They are medical benefits. That's medical care; prescription care; medical devices. If that's related in something that the doctor orders. And then, if you're taken out of work for more than s...

Okay, so, you were in a car wreck in Georgia. You're rear ended by someone who is what is called an "excluded driver". You're likely not gonna find that out at the scene. It's usually whenever you send off a letter of representation to the at fault insurance carrier, They'll say, "Hey!" "Sorry bad news." "We're not going to accept any typ...

Everyone we're here today to talk about nine things that are different from personal injury claims to workers compensation claim. We get a lot of questions about what are the differences and there are several different differences. But we're gonna try to point out probably the 9, what we consider the most important or the most obvious differences between a personal injury claim and a wor...

Alright, everybody. Today, we're gonna talk about five things you should never give an insurance adjuster, if you've been injured in a car wreck in Georgia. Before we get started with that though, let's talk about when you get injured in a car wreck claim you have actually two claims they're associated together. The first one is a Property Damage Claim. And that would be the mo...

We got a question the other day. "We have settled the case. What's the process from here?" Well, if you've gone to mediation, or you've just determined the number and both parties agree. And you're gonna settle the case. What needs to happen is the insurance company will usually hire an attorney if there isn't one already on the case to draft what is called a &qu...

We've done some other videos on notice if you're injured on the job in Georgia. Most important things is to provide notice to your employer that you were hurt and that you need medical care. More importantly, when you provide them notice that you are injured, it is head to toe. You need to tell them everything that feels funny. Why do I say that? We got a lot of claims where someone got...

Are worker's compensation benefits worth it in the state of Georgia? Well, if you're injured on the job the question is, Do you have the ability to go to another employer, and perform work without the injury bothering you? Maybe you'll make more money going to that employer. However, if your injury is something that really shut you down,  or you might need surgery, or rather serious...

How not to return back to work? So, let's say you've been injured on the job in Georgia. The employer has served you what is called a return to work. or WC-240 forms. And you need to show up Monday morning at 8:00, at this location. In order to return back to work. Doctor signed off on it.  All the hurdles have been completely jumped through by the employer. What you don't do is sho...

What not to do if you are going to a defense medical examination In a workers compensation claim in Georgia? So, if the employer insurer have decided they want you to see one of their doctors. You know what that means. It's a defense medical evaluation. And you have to go there  and the opinion may or may not be written before you even go there. May not be. But you've got to show up and...

We were asked the other day.  What is the best way to settle your Georgia workers compensation claim? And the reality is... Well, that just kind of depends on where your claim is. Are you getting weekly checks? Is it a medical only claim? Do you still need an extensive amount of care moving forward?  Do you need a surgery? This really depends on where your claim is. So, the best way to settle the...

Getting your mileage reimbursed. What's the easiest way to do that? Well, whether you have an attorney or not you need to keep a log of every visit you go to from your house to the doctors from your house to the pharmacist and then of course the return visits. So, from your house to the doctor from the doctor's office back to your house. Look him up on Google Maps. Google Maps will tell...

So, when you're reinjured on the job in Georgia, how does it affect you? If you've been injured you were taken out of work, you returned back to work, and you actually reinjured yourself. Well, quite frankly it's possibly a new injury or a re injury depending upon the circumstances. Is it the same body part? Is it a different body part? What was going on. You would have two differen...

We were asked the other day.  What is the best way to settle your Georgia workers compensation claim? And the reality is... Well, that just kind of depends on where your claim is. Are you getting weekly checks? Is it a medical only claim? Do you still need an extensive amount of care moving forward?  Do you need a surgery? This really depends on where your claim is. So, the best way to settle the...

Duty to mitigate your damages. So, you have a duty. If you've been involved in a car wreck and your car is at an impound lot you have a duty to get that car out you have a duty to get that car out. You can't just let the storage cost to crew. And a lot of people don't know that. We've had a special circumstance recently, where the person lived in an HOA or homeowners associatio...

So, we got a couple questions today. First one is… What is light duty? And then another one that's kind of connected to that is, I was put on light duty. And my employer my job does not have light duty work. So what can I expect? Or what happens with my claim? So, it's cover light duty. When you go to your doctor, or a work injury, the doctor can say, "You're full duty." &...

So as lawyers, we have all that words that seem possibly foreign to some people. So, I was asked to explain, “What is a claimant?”. A claimant is someone who brings forth a claim in a workers compensation claim. What is a defendant, well, we really don't use the term defendant because it's administratively based. So you usually have the claimant or the injury worker, also known as the em...

So we received a question the other day to explain a little bit more about what the exclusive remedy is under Georgia workers compensation. Well what that means is if you have been injured, you cannot really file a lawsuit against your employer or co worker if they're the ones who cause the injury. What you have to do the exclusive remedy under the law is to go through workers comp and to fol...

We had an employer reach out to us saying, "okay. Well I have a family business. Does that do I still need to get workers compensation coverage?” Well the reality is, Georgia law requires. If you have three or more employees, that you should get workers compensation insurance coverage and cover yourself. Y ou could be penalized by the state board of Workers Compensation. And so as an employer...

So what is a claimant? A claimant is someone who brings forth the claimor starts the claim. Usually it is the injured worker. So really you can use those terms interchangeably. You can say claimant, injured worker, employee and usually on the other side of it you have the employer, the insurer. We don't really use the term defendant in a workers compensation claim. It's an administrative...

Unpaid interns can an unpaid intern qualify or file for a work injury claim in the state of Georgia. If they're truly unpaid, meaning they're getting no benefits other than working that job, then the short answer is no. If they're paid however, then they can qualify for workers compensation. So certainly, paid versus unpaid is very important when it comes to internships. Stay safe!...

Hello, okay. So, this video is part 2 of what you should not do in a deposition.  The first thing. There's seven different pieces we have and we'll go into some explanation here on this video. But the first thing you should not do is not telling the truth.  So, what I mean by that is there's a lot of negatives there. It's important that you're truthful. At the very beginni...

What is light duty? So, if you've been injured on the job, and you go see a doctor and the doctor says, you know, he can tell you one of three things. He can say I'm gonna take you out of work completely. That's pretty straightforward that means you can't work. You wanna get that work status report or excuse. And share it with your employer. Or two and this happens more often t...

Workers compensation segregation. So, what is that? Well, that comes into play whenever you have both a work injury and a personal injury claim. And so, the segregation part is if workers compensation pays for your medical care, and they provide you medical care they have arguably what's called a “right of segregation”. Meaning that they can collect the money that they've spent on your b...