Glossary Check If you had to tell someone how Georgia defines "injury" for purposes of state workers' compensation law, what would you tell them? If you had Simply Research, you could tell them the following. […]

Safety at Work Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A postal worker said she was loading up her truck when a man approached her co-worker and attacked her. Police in Atlanta said the injured worker, Monique Thomas, […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Georgia, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive legal remedy for work-related injuries. O.C.G.A. § 34-9-11. This means that an injured employee cannot sue his employer in tort for monetary damages, […]

An investigation conducted by the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation’s Enforcement Division has led to the arrest of Lucy Margarita Suarez. According to Enforcement Division Director TammyMarshall, Suarez was arrested on April 29th, 2026, […]

Compliance Corner In the Peach State, the disablement or death of an employee resulting from an occupational disease shall be treated as the occurrence of an injury by accident, something that Simply Research subscribers know. […]

What Do You Think? Stabbing an employee may seem like an overreaction to finding out she is out of your favorite donut. In fact it’s hard to see how the event relates to the job […]

By Daniel Richardson Recently, on October 22, 2025, the Georgia Court of Appeals issued a significant decision in McLeod v. BITCO Insurance Companies, A25A1362, reinforcing the strict burden employers and insurers face when seeking workers’ compensation subrogation […]

Compliance Corner As Simply Research subscribers know, in Georgia, workers’ compensation does not provide benefits for an injury or accident resulting from an employee’s willful misconduct (i.e. fighting, horseplay, willful act of third party for […]