Wednesday, May 14, 2008

IS THE GEORGIA WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE COMPANY HAVING ME FOLLOWED?

Sometimes the insurance company will hire a private investigator to follow you around. I would say that 90% of my clients do not know when they are being followed around by an investigator.

I had a client one time who, after taking his pain medicine took out his trash. The insurance company got a video of that and cut off his benefits claiming he was obviously better since he could take out his trash. After all they reasoned, he had a 20 lb lifting restriction and his trash must have weighed more than that.

First of all, they had no idea how much his trash weighed. They didn't go to his trash can, lift out the bag and weigh it. They took the video to his doctor and tried to get his doctor to release him to return to work with no restrictions. Fortunantly the doctor wouldn't fall for that ruise.

Just because someone has a good day, or feels better after taking their pain medication does not mean they are healed.

If the insurance company is having you followed, call a qualified Georgia Workers Compensation Lawyer

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