Assumption of the Risk Does Not Necessarily Raise a Jury Question
On April 12, 2016, Enrique Gonzalez-Nunez was working for Tri State Tire Company, loading and unloading trucks. Gonzalez-Nunez would...
Georgia Courts Still Bound by Workers’ Compensation Exclusive Remedy Doctrine
On March 6, 2020, the Georgia Court of Appeals found that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act barred a truck...
“Quasi-Criminal” Standard Relaxed for Workers’ Compensation Claims
Since 2015, the general rule regarding workers’ compensation benefits following an injury caused by an employee’s intentional violation...
Courts Must Construe Evidence Favorably to the Party Prevailing Before the State Board of Workers
In the Court of Appeals of Georgia, Appellant, Autozone, Inc., sought review of a judgment that reversed a ruling of the State Board of...
Workers’ Compensation Statutes of Limitation Affect All Injury Claims and Cannot Be Revived Once The
A recent Georgia Supreme Court decision, Roseburg Forest Products Co. v. Barnes, 2016 WL 3147567 (Ga. 2016), reaffirms that the statutes...