The minute you get hurt on the job, your best interests become very different from those of your employer.
Employers hate work injury claims. Besides the impact on insurance costs (premiums go up with every reported claim), they don’t want other employees to see you hobbling around the work site talking about your case with co-workers.
Human resource managers also bring a bias against work injury claims to their jobs. They assume that every injured worker is either outright faking his injury or, at best, exaggerating symptoms.
We regularly see cases where 5, 10 even 20 people witnessed an accident, yet the employer filed a notice of controvertion to deny the claim. They will argue that you really got hurt at home, or that you had an undisclosed pre-existing condition.
This obnoxious and mean spirited attitude can be shocking, especially if you have been a hard worker and loyal employee for months or years.
The net effect of these unreasonable denials on you is delay. Delay in getting needed medical treatment and delay in getting your lost income (temporary total disability) benefits started. Employers and their insurance companies know that if you have no money coming in and you’re in pain because you cannot afford medical care, you may get desperate and accept a “nuisance value” settlement.
We say “don’t take no for an answer.” If your claim was improperly and unreasonably controverted, we’re here to help. With over 25 years’ of experience battling insurance companies over unreasonable denials, we will use all of the legal tools available under Georgia law to recover the benefits promised to you by Georgia lawmakers.
And when it comes time for settlement, we’ll use all the leverage to get a reasonable offer.
Call Jodi Ginsberg of Ginsberg Law today at 770-351-0801 to discuss your case.
