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Under Georgia law, a person who owns/keeps a vicious or dangerous animal who, by careless management or by allowing the animal to go at liberty, causes injury to another person who does not provoke the injury by his own act may be liable in damages to the person so injured. Of note, Georgia law does...

What happens if your employer terminates your employment while you are entitled to receive workers' compensation income benefits? If an injured worker is either 1) unable to work due to the work-related injury per the authorized treating physician's orders; or 2) only able to work in a light duty...

Did you know you could be liable for personal injuries caused by an accident even though you were not personally operating one of the motor vehicles involved in the accident? Negligent Entrustment Under Georgia law, an individual or entity is liable for negligent entrustment when that individual...

The burden is on the injured worker to prove that the injured worker provided timely, proper, and sufficient notice, either personally or through a representative, to the employer in bringing a workers' compensation claim in Georgia. Schwartz v. Greenbaum, 138 Ga. App. 695 (1976); Mallory v. American Cas. Co., 116 Ga. App. 477 (1967).

Your Average Weekly Wage (“AWW”) is the basis upon which your week-to-week workers' compensation (indemnity) benefits will be calculated should you be unable to work or earn less than your AWW as a result of a work-related injury. The AWW is comprised of any monetary payment or noncash benefits received by the...

Under Georgia law, an injured worker's injury must occur by accident and arise out of and in the course of that worker's employment to constitute a compensable injury, but what does this mean? “ACCIDENT“ Under the Act, the word “accident” is not intended to mean...