Hi Team,
Hope everyone had very Happy Thanksgiving! Beware- Georgia has special rules for work-related hernia injures.
JOHN’S GEORGIA TIP OF THE WEEK: 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 followed 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)
Sincerely,
John Fennelly
Junior Partner | Atlanta