What steps can you take to increase the settlement value of your Georgia workers’ compensation case? One of the most powerful strategies we can do together has to do with positioning your medical records to accurately document your work injuries.
As you may suspect, there is a very real danger that the doctors authorized by your employer and their insurance company will have a bias that does not favor you. The insurance company wants you to treat with a doctor who will not order expensive diagnostic tests and who will release you back to work prematurely.
While most of us were brought up to think that a doctor has only our best interests at heart, this is, unfortunately, not true in a workers’ compensation setting. Many physicians get all of their business from insurance companies and this influences what they say in their records and how they treat you. If you have ever been to an “industrial clinic” you will know exactly what this bias looks like in real life. [Read more…] about What Steps Can You Take to Increase the Settlement Value of Your Case?