• CHANGE IN
CONDITION
TRUCKS, INC.
et al. v.
TROWELL,
COURT OF
APPEALS OF
GEORGIA
302 Ga. App.
488, 690
S.E.2d 880,
Decided
February 8,
2010
• ATTENDANT
CARE AND
ATTORNEY
FEES
MEDICAL
OFFICE
MANAGEMENT
et al. v.
HARDEE,
COURT OF
APPEALS OF
GEORGIA
2010 Ga.
App. LEXIS
295, Decided
March 23,
2010
• STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS
FOR
CATASTROPHIC
DESIGNATION
AND
ADDITIONAL
INCOME
BENEFITS
GEORGIA
INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
et al. v.
JE-016
HUNNICUTT
COURT OF
APPEALS OF
GEORGIA,
Decided
April 7,
2010,
•
2007
Legislative
Changes
•
SITF
Reminder
• MSA
Legislation
• Fee
Schedule
Update
•
Recent Case
Law
- Reliance Electric Co.
v.
Brightwell
- Fallin v. Merritt
Maintenance
and Welding,
Inc.
- TIG Specialty Insurance
Co. v. Brown
- Renu Thrift Store, Inc.
v. Vigueroa
- Burns International
Security
Services
Corp. v.
Johnson
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
v. Parker
- Caremore, Inc. v.
Hollis
- Reid v. Georgia
Building
Authority
- Ray Bell Construction
Company v.
King
- Royal Indemnity Company
v. Georgia
Insurers
Insolvency
Pool
• Age
is a
Consideration
in
Catastrophic
Decisions
•
Untimely
Credit
Request
Barred
Forever
•
Suicide Held
Compensable
Under
Workers'
Compensation
•
Lessee
Entitled to
Workers'
Compensation
Benefits
•
Court
Interprets
1995
Defi-nition
of
Catastrophic
Injury
•
Claimant
Must Present
to Treating
Physician
When
Requested by
Employer
•
Supreme
Court
Affirms
Footstar
•
Standard of
Review
Creates
Uphill
Battle for
Employer
• New
Law Sets
Time Limits
for
Acceptance
of SITF
Claims
•
Court of
Appeals
Upholds
Denial of
Income
Benefits to
Illegal
Alien
• Two
Year Statute
of Repose on
Benefit
Reimbursement
•
Inappropriate
Burden
Placed Upon
Claimant
Seeking TPD
Benefits
• CMS
Announces
New Low
Dollar
Threshold
•
Changes at
the State
Board
•
State Board
Changes the
Law on
Change in
Condition
Cases
•
Appellate
Division
Revives an
Occupational
Disease Case
That
Occurred 7
Years Before
•
Change in
Condition or
New
Accident?
•
Superior
Court
Exceeds
Jurisdiction
by Deciding
Factual
Issue
•
Board
Continues to
Require
Strict
Compliance
with Section
104 and Its
Rules
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