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Georgia Appeals Court makes it harder to fight about attorney's fees in workers' comp cases

Attorney's fees in workers' comp cases often depend on the evidence of the underlying injury and its relationship to the job.

Attorney’s fees, already low in most workers’ comp cases, may become more difficult to challenge as a result of a recent Georgia case.

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An appellate court in Georgia has issued a decision setting forth the standard a trial court should use when reviewing a decision of the state’s workers’ compensation board relating to attorney’s fees. The ruling is likely to make it more difficult to challenge board decisions awarding or denying attorney’s fees in these cases.

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Steven A. Meyerowitz

Steven A. Meyerowitz

Steven A. Meyerowitz, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the founder and president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. He may be contacted at [email protected].

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