Two cases in front of the Georgia Court of Appeals in early December 2023 featured injured workers, who were hired through temp agencies. In both cases, the temp agency's workers' comp carrier went insolvent. Credit: Andrii Yalanskyi/Adobe Stock Two cases in front of the Georgia Court of Appeals in early December 2023 featured injured workers, who were hired through temp agencies. In both cases, the temp agency's workers' comp carrier went insolvent. Credit: Andrii Yalanskyi/Adobe Stock

The Georgia Insurer's Insolvency Pool (GIIP), a safety net for employees with workers' compensation claims in instances where the carrier went insolvent, appealed two cases to the Georgia Court of Appeals in early December 2023.

At the heart of these disputes were disagreements on who was each claimant's employer at the time of the accidents. Both were employed through temp agencies with an insurer that went insolvent and both were doing work for companies with different insurers.

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