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$8 Million Medical Negligence
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$5 Million Motorcyle Accident
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$3.5 Million Car Accident
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$3 Million Leg Injury Case Involving Tractor Trailer on I-75
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$2.3 Million Leg Injury When Tractor Trailer Crossed Center Line
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$2 Million Slip & Fall at a Gas Station
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$1.6 Million Anonymous Wrongful Death Case
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$1.32 Million Man Involved in T-Bone Collision
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$1 Million Family was Rear-Ended by a Tractor Trailer
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$1 Million Client With Significant Leg Injury
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$850K Settlement for Woman Involved in T-Bone Collision With Resulting Neck Injuries
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$750K Neck Injury Involving Commercial Vehicle
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$710K Settlement for Claims Involving Injuries From Motorcycle Wreck
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$650K For Client Who Suffered a Back Injury in a Rear-End Collision
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$630K Result for a Woman Injured in an Automobile Wreck
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$579K For a Client Who Was A Passenger Involved in a Ride Share Car Accident
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$525K Result for Man Injured by Dump Truck
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$500K Settlement for Individual Injured in Accident & Suffered Broken Leg
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$497K Verdict at Trial for an Individual Who Was Struck by a Drunk Driver
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$450K For a Family Who Suffered Serious Injuries in an Automobile Accident
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$400K For a Woman Who Sustained Neck Injury in Motor Vehicle Accident
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$400K For Neck & Back Injuries Sustained When Tractor Trailer Backed Out Improperly
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$360K Settlement for a Man Injured in a Motorcycle Accident
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$350K Knee Injury Caused by Tractor Trailer
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$335K Man Rear-Ended by a Landscape Truck
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$308K Rotator Cuff Injury in a Head-On Collision
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$275K Settlement for Client Involved in Head-On Collision
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$250K For Man Who Suffered Neck Injury in Motor Vehicle Accident
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$250K For Neck Injury Case
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$235K For Officer Who Was Struck While Directing Traffic
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$200K For an Individual Was Injured in an Accident While on the Side of the Road
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$175K For a Serious Injury Claim
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$172.5K For a Woman Who Injured Her Leg at Her Neighbor’s House
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$160K Settlement for Man in Rear-End Collision
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$150K For Client Who Injured Knee in Accident When at Fault Driver Failed to Yield
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$140K For Man Injured When He Was Assaulted by Employee of Large Retail Store
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$125K For a Middle-Aged Woman Who Injured Her Elbow in a Car Accident
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$122.5K For Young Man Involved in a Head-on Collision
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$115K Settlement for Individual Struck in the Rear by Intoxicated Driver
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$110K For Car Accident Client With Back and Neck Pain
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$110K Settled for Client Injured in T-Bone Collision
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$100K Woman Who Suffered Neck & Back Pain After Rear-End Collision
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$100K Policy Limit Settlement for Motor Vehicle Accident With Back Injury
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$100K Policy Limit Settlement for Client Involved in Car Accident With Shoulder Injuries
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$100K For Woman Involved in Rear-End Collision With Neck Injury
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$100K For Woman Involved in Automobile Accident & Suffered Elbow Injury
Fatalities in the Workplace
Every year, thousands of workers are killed in their workplaces in the United States. In Georgia alone, over a hundred people have died due to injuries sustained while at work every year for the past decade.
While nothing can fully compensate loved ones for such a devastating loss, family members can apply for death benefits under Georgia worker’s compensation laws in order to partially recover from the unexpected financial burden of suddenly losing a family member.
It can be a complicated process to file for the fair compensation you deserve under Georgia Workers’ Compensation law. At Van Sant Law, we are expert Georgia worker’s compensation injury attorneys, and we can take care of all the details for you to get a fair settlement, so you don’t have to worry about it.
If a family member has been killed in the workplace or due to injuries resulting from a workplace accident, fill out our free, no-obligation online contact form, or call us at (800) 234-9556 for a free consultation to
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Types of Georgia Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits
Under Georgia statute, after the workplace death of a spouse or parent, the dependent spouse and minor children of the deceased are entitled to ongoing compensation equivalent to 2/3 of the average wages earned by the deceased employee each week. This is capped at a maximum of $500.00 per week, regardless of the deceased person’s salary.
Children will continue to receive these benefits until they turn 18 or until they turn 21 if they choose to attend college. Spouses without children will receive benefits until a total of $150,000 has been paid. In addition to the weekly compensation benefits, surviving family members are entitled to receive up to $7,500 to pay for funeral expenses.
How to Qualify For Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits in GA
Under Georgia law, the surviving spouse and any dependent minor children of the deceased have the right to claim compensation under workers’ comp. In order for the family to qualify for death benefits under workers’ compensation, the deceased must have died as a direct result of injuries sustained in a workplace accident. The injuries could be related to a number of different types of work accidents: falls, car accidents, fires, accidents with construction equipment, and other less common injuries.
This could include any accident occurring in the workplace or any accident occurring while performing his or her work duties in a location other than the workplace, provided he or she is performing required job tasks at the time of the accident. For example, a cable repair person killed while on site at a client’s house would be considered killed in the workplace. If an employee suffers medical complications due to exposure to dangerous chemicals or toxins while working and dies due to these complications, survivors are also entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits.
Unlike a standard wrongful death case, there is no need to prove negligence of the company or any third party to be entitled to compensation. Even if the accident was in part caused by the carelessness of the deceased worker, family members will not be disqualified from receiving workers’ compensation death benefits. There are only a few limited exceptions to this, such as if the worker was intoxicated on the job. Because of the wide definition of work-related deaths under Georgia workers’ compensation law, the dependent spouse and children of the deceased are usually eligible for benefits.
