When you hire me to represent you in your Georgia workers’ compensation claim, you may wonder why I ask you so many questions.
Some of these questions may be embarrassing – for example I may ask you about past arrests or drug use.
I don’t ask these questions because I am nosy. Instead I ask them to head off problems down the road.
After 30+ years of representing injured workers, including more than 5 years at the beginning of my career working for the other side, I know that your employer and their insurance company will do anything they can to deny your claim. They will ask you the same questions multiple times hoping to catch you in a lie. They know that injured workers do not like to talk about embarrassing matters like arrests or DUIs or marijuana use.
They also know that if they catch you in a like or exaggeration, they can use these misrepresentations to challenge everything you say – even completely true statements about your work injury. Everybody has a history and your experiences both in and out of work are part of that history. All of this is fair game for the insurance company.
If I know about potentially damaging information I can either object to the insurance company’s questions or I can advise you about how to answer these questions truthfully. Remember that anything you tell me about your past history is 100% confidential and I can most effectively represent you when you put your trust in me.
If you are not currently represented and want to discuss your work injury case please call me at 770-351-0801.
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