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Atlanta, Georgia: Workers Comp Lawyers For Catastrophic Injuries & Workplace Death Claims

Some workplace injuries are so severe that they prevent the worker from ever returning to work and can even result in death. Our Atlanta workers comp attorneys are experienced in representing individuals who have been removed from the workplace due to a catastrophic injury. Our workers comp lawyers in Atlanta have also represented widowed spouses and dependent children of workers who have been fatally injured on the job. This is a serious matter, and working with experienced Atlanta workers comp attorneys will allow you and your family to be awarded the benefits you need and deserve.

Catastrophic Injuries

Once a work-related injury is deemed catastrophic, the injured worker could be entitled to lifetime income benefits. Working with the Atlanta workers comp lawyers of Cummings & Middlebrooks, LLP will allow you to pursue what is rightfully yours. Catastrophic injuries include:

Amputations of arms, hands, legs, feet
Paralysis or severe spinal cord injury
Severe brain or head injury
Blindness
Second-degree or third-degree burns
Other severe injuries that prevent you from being able to perform your prior work or another job for any employer

Workplace Deaths

Fortunately, workplace fatalities are not common in Georgia. However, when they occur, it is often an extremely painful and stressful time for the surviving spouse and children of the deceased worker. Death benefits can be available through the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance company to the widowed spouse and dependent children until they turn 18 years of age, or in some situations 22.

How Our Atlanta Workers Comp Attorneys Help Victims of Catastrophic Injuries, Spouses & Dependent Children of Deceased Workers

Workers' compensation income benefits typically expire in 350 or 400 weeks from the date of accident depending on the severity of the injury. However, if your injury is so severe that it prevents you from returning to the workplace, our Atlanta workers comp lawyers can assist you by seeking catastrophic designation of your injury and extending your weekly income benefits beyond the statutory cap, possibly for the rest of your life. Alternatively, in the unfortunate occurrence of a workplace death, we can assist you by pursuing death benefits to which you may be entitled as a surviving spouse or dependent child.

The law office of Cummings & Middlebrooks, LLP is located in Atlanta, Georgia. We represent injured workers in communities throughout Georgia including Alpharetta, Atlanta, Austell, Conyers, Covington, Cumming, Forest Park, Gainesville, Jonesboro, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville, Marietta, McDonough, Norcross, Powder Springs, Riverdale, Roswell, Smyrna, Snellville, Stockbridge, Stone Mountain, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Cobb County, Cherokee County, Dekalb County and Gwinnett County.