The Georgia Court of Appeals has reversed its decision on a 2015 parking lot shooting outside of a grocery store after reviewing the Georgia's Workers' Compensation Act. Fabiola Zavaleta-Ramirez was killed after her shift during a robbery attempt while speaking with a co-worker by her …
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Inadequate training negatively impacts employees and employers alike, leading to costly injuries, low morale, and high turnover rates. Proper training is essential to ensure a safe and productive work environment, reducing the likelihood of workplace accidents.
However, when accidents do occur, it’s crucial to have a knowledgeable workers’ compensation attorney on your side.
Gerber & Holder Workers’ Compensation Attorneys Scholarship Winner: Improvements to Workers’ Comp System in the United States
In Georgia and in states all across the country, American’s injured on the job depend on the workers’ compensation system to provide financial assistance for medical expenses, lost wages and other costs resulting from a work-related injury. While this system is often the only thing that keeps …
Georgia Workers’ Compensation Attorney Tom Holder Named a 2020 Best Lawyer
Here at Gerber & Holder Attorneys at Law, we’re proud to boast that one of our firm founders, Tom Holder, has been recognized by Best Lawyers in its 26th Edition as a top attorney for his success in Workers’ Compensation Law—Claimant. About Best Lawyers Best Lawyers was founded in 1981 and has …
Attorney Tom Holder’s Take on Georgia’s New Workers’ Compensation Law
You may have heard that a new workers' compensation law took effect in Georgia on July 1, 2019. Senate Bill 135, a bill that raises the weekly wage maximum benefit for temporary disabilities, passed the Senate with a vote of 51-0. Our own Tom Holder (co-founder of Gerber & Holder Workers' …
Tom Holder Discusses Drug Formularies in Workers’ Compensation: Are They Good for Injured Workers?
A “drug formulary” is a list of both generic and brand name prescription drugs commonly used by practitioners to identify drugs that offer the greatest overall value to patients. Drug formularies are put in place by workers’ compensation insurance companies to regulate the amount and duration of …
Students Weigh In On Who They Think Should Be Responsible for Workplace Safety
In our recent Gerber & Holder 2019 Scholarship Essay Contest, we asked high school and college students from all over to write about who they think should be responsible for the safety of a worker. We were blown away with the responses. Over 70 students from over 40 colleges and universities …
