Macon Attorneys Serving Severe Injury Victims Statewide
Definition of Catastrophic Injury
At The Boston Law Firm in Macon, our lawyers help clients who are totally disabled by catastrophic injuries obtain the benefits they need. The state defines catastrophic injuries as:
- Severe head injuries, including traumatic brain injuries
- Blindness and other serious eye injuries
- Significant burns
- Paralysis and other spinal cord injuries
- Amputations
- Severe back injury
In addition, other severe injuries that prevent the employee from working can be considered catastrophic injuries.
Workers' compensation in Georgia is designed to provide temporary income benefits to employees until they can return to work. Depending on the extent of your injuries, you may receive these temporary income benefits for up to 400 weeks. The exception to this is when an injury is determined to be catastrophic. In such cases, an injured employee can receive income benefits for life as long as his or her injuries remain.
Workers' compensation also offers vocational rehabilitation and retraining to people suffering catastrophic injuries. We have a successful track record obtaining full benefits for our catastrophic injury clients.
Attorneys Who Will Fight for You
Because a catastrophic injury can result in a need for lifetime benefits, it is important that your lawyer pursue a catastrophic designation. The Boston Law Firm is equipped for this. Workers' compensation insurance carriers are reluctant to commit to lifetime payments and often fight hard. Having a persistent attorney who understands the process, has significant experience with catastrophic injury matters and knows what must be proven before the administrative law judges is critical to success in these cases.
Our law firm has been successful in catastrophic injury cases, obtaining the extensive medical care and resources needed, including durable medical equipment, accessibility adaptations to homes and personal attendants.
We can help if you suffered a severe injury. Contact our Georgia catastrophic injury attorneys at 478-845-1796 for a free initial consultation.
