{"id":32698,"date":"2010-10-19T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/workers_compensation_claims_an\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:49:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:49:25","slug":"workers-compensation-claims-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/workers-compensation-claims-an\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers\u2019 Compensation Claims And Third Party Liability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When someone is injured on-the-job under Georgia law they are entitled to workers\u2019 compensation benefits.  These benefits will provide minimal payments for lost wages as well as reimbursement of any medical expenses arising out of the on-the-job injury.  In exchange for these statutory benefits the employee may never sue the employer responsible for the on-the-job  injury.  In short, even if an employer is negligent and\/or creates an unsafe situation for an employee, the employer cannot be sued, instead as a tradeoff for not being sued, the employer must provide workers\u2019 compensation benefits which provides lost wage benefits and the reimbursement of medical expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Even though employers in Georgia have immunity from lawsuits for negligence which results in injuries to employees, nonetheless, if a third party is involved in such negligence, under certain circumstances, that third party may be liable for the employee\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A hypothetical might illustrate the point we make here.  If an employee of a warehouse company is injured by a trucker who is backing his truck into the dock and inadvertently runs over the warehouse employee, even though the warehouse employee has been injured on-the-job, they have not only a workers\u2019 compensation claim against their warehouse employer but they also have a third party liability claim against the trucking company employee that caused their injury.  Thus, in some limited circumstances, depending upon the unique facts involved, an injured employee may have not only a workers\u2019 compensation claim against their employer but also a claim against a third party.  This can be important because workers\u2019 compensation benefits are quite limited, particularly with respect to lost pay and there is no compensation under the workers\u2019 compensation statutory scheme for pain and suffering at all.  In cases where the injuries are very serious, there should be compensation for pain and suffering and thus a third party claim may be one avenue by which the injured employee can obtain some measure of justice for these damages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/workers-compensation-claims-an\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Workers\u2019 Compensation Claims And Third Party Liability\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When someone is injured on-the-job under Georgia law they are entitled to workers\u2019 compensation benefits. These benefits will provide minimal payments for lost wages as well as reimbursement of any medical expenses arising out of the on-the-job injury. 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