Happy Friday team,
By special request, this week’s tip revisits Georgia’s special rules for work-related hernia injuries!
- In order for work-related hernia injuries to be found compensable in Georgia, the Claimant “must definitely prove to the satisfaction of the board” EACH of the following:
- There was an injury resulting in a hernia;
- The hernia appeared suddenly;
- The hernia was accompanied by pain;
- The hernia immediately follow an accident; AND
- The hernia did not exist prior to the accident for which compensation is claimed.
- Why the special rules for hernias?
- The five requirements of this section were designed as the means to establish clearly and definitively by proof that there was a direct continuity of causal connection between an accident injury and a hernia. Blackshear v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 69 Ga. App. 790 (1943).
I hope everyone has a great weekend! As always feel free to give me a shout if you run into any GA questions/issues.
Sincerely,
John Fennelly | Junior Partner