Overview of our services…
Our firm experts specialize in workers’ compensation, motor vehicle accidents, and dealing with a multitude of injuries that can happen in the workplace. Listed below are some of the most common types of injuries that we have successfully negotiated large settlements for our clients.
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Workers’ Compensation
What exactly does a workers’ compensation lawyer do? Watch our short video or follow the links on this page to get a better understanding of what Bobe & Snell can offer your in your case.
Workers’ Compensation
Daily, workers are exposed to the risk of an on the job injury. On the job injuries can occur in a variety of ways including , unsafe workplace conditions, intentional misconduct or simply by accident without fault. However, workers are often at fault for their own injuries. Regardless, when the accident, injury, or illness is a result of conditions outside of your control, you may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. In fact, an event or actual accident is not required to establish an on the job injury. Often, work related injuries arise out of repetitive motion or the simple worsening of one’s condition over time. A pre-existing condition does not prevent the possibility of a workers’ compensation claim. Not surprisingly, dealing with an on the job injury can be a trying and difficult experience. Whether you are the injured worker or the employer/insurer, the experts at Bobe & Snell are here to assist your needs.
Legal Mediation for Workers’ Compensation
The dispute may either be pending in court or a potential dispute that may be filed in court. Atlanta / Alpharetta legal mediators can handle different cases suitable for mediation, including disputes in workers’ compensation, construction, personal injury, labor or community relations, commercial transactions, employment, domestic relations, divorce, or any other matter that doesn’t involve evidentiary or complex procedural issues.
Attendance at a mediation conference is voluntary by the parties, except where governed by contract clause or statute. Mediation is much less formal than filing a lawsuit in court, but the conflict resolution process involves distinct stages aimed at achieving a mutually beneficial compromise.
Legal Mediation
Mediation is a process in which the parties discuss their disputes with the help of a trained, impartial professional(s) who helps them to reach a settlement. It may be a scheduled settlement conference or an informal meeting among the parties.
Catastrophic Accidents
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Catastrophic Injuries
Injuries resulting in permanent disability can be considered catastrophic. Catastrophic claims lift the statutory limits on both disability and medical benefits. Due to their serious nature, catastrophic claims are best handled by workers’ compensation experts like Bobe & Snell.
Construction Accidents
In Georgia, construction accidents are one of the most common and potentially the most debilitating cause of injury. Often construction accidents are ignored by the employer. As a result, experts like Bobe & Snell can provide you with the advantage and representation needed to pursue or defend your claim.
Construction Litigation
Bobe & Snell offer full representation involving construction accidents in Georgia.
On The Job Slip & Fall
Slip and Fall accidents can also have a psychological effect on you that can last well after your physical injuries have healed. Many employees who have experienced an accident at work can become depressed or lose their confidence. This article explains how workers compensation attorneys help with on the job, slip & fall.
We can help you receive the compensation benefits that you are entitled to after an accident has occurred at your place of work, especially when your employer is slow to respond to your claim for employee benefits or loss of income. Based in Georgia, we have helped people like you get back on their feet after an injury has occurred at work, and can provide you with the support and financial assistance that you need.
Slip & Fall
Slipping or falling at work can dramatically have an impact on your ability to work, especially if you were seriously injured. S
Death Claims
Dependents of fatally injured workers are entitled to benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Don’t lose those those benefits. Call Bobe & Snell now.
Death Claims
How a Workers Compensation Attorneys Help with Death Claims.
Losing a loved one from workplace related accident or medical complication do leave so many questions unanswered. We are experienced Alpharetta death claims lawyers, and we are here to help you unmask and answer these questions. We also ensure that all the beneficiaries are maximally compensated for worker’s death benefits. We understand that no amount of money can replace the death of the loved ones, especially after losing them from abrupt workplace injury. However, will give you peace of mind while you mourn the loved one, help the family recover the financial loss and most importantly help you pick up and move forward. Read deeper to understand how workers compensation attorneys help with death claims.
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries are one of the most life altering injuries that anybody can sustain. Spinal cord injuries affect the way of life for entire families as these injuries often cause paralysis, as well was other serious medical issues.
The impact on spinal cord victims and families is overwhelming not only because of the physical and psychological changes, but spinal cord injuries can additionally cause a financial strain on families. Due to the nature of spinal cord injuries, the injured worker may be entitled to additional benefits such as home modifications, in home care and a wheelchair accessible vehicle.
If you are in need of securing the workers’ compensation benefits that you require for your spinal cord injury, contact Bobe & Snell today.
Spinal Cord Injuries
Some claims may be settled satisfactorily without the intervention of a lawyer. However, this may not be the case if you suffer from spinal cord injuries. These types of injuries pose potentially high financial costs for the insurance company and the business. This motivates the insurer to deny, delay, or grossly underestimate the extent of your injuries.
Back & Neck Injuries
Neck and back injuries can occur at work for a number of reasons. You may have slipped on a wet surface, or fallen from a considerable distance. In other cases, you might have experienced an injury after using a vehicle at work.
Back & Neck Injuries
Workplace accidents often result in injuries to the a worker’s back and neck. These injuries should be taken seriously as they can result in a permanent disability and prevent the injured worker from returning back to gainful employment.
In addition, back and neck injuries require immediate medical attention. Workers’ compensation back and neck injuries do not need to be a result of a specific workplace trauma, back and neck injuries can be caused by repetitive activities at work. If have injured your back or neck at work, you are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. To better understand, call Bobe & Snell today.
Head & Brain Injuries
How Workers compensation Attorneys help with head and brain injuries
A head or brain injury that has resulted because of an accident to work can have a significant impact on a person’s career, and could change their life indefinitely. Whether you have suffered damaged to the brain, a head injury, or concussion, we can help you to pursue a claim. We have successfully helped injured workers in Georgia get compensation from their employers, and can provide you with the support you need at this difficult time. This article explores how our Alpharetta head and brain injuries lawyers can help you.
Head & Brain Injuries
Head and/or brain injuries can not only be life changing but they are often denied or under treated by workers’ compensation carriers. Often times, these injuries are subjective complaint drive. That subjectivity can lead to claim issues regarding the need and scope of your treatment. To ensure that you receive the appropriate care, call Bobe & Snell to protect your claim.
Psychological Injuries
Georgia does not recognize all psychological claims under the Workers’ Compensation Act. In order for a psychological claim to be accepted as a Workers’ Compensation injury in Georgia, the psychological condition, such as depression, must be accompanied by an underlying work related physical injury. To address your concerns and speak with an expert, call Bobe & Snell.
Psychological Injuries
How Workers Compensation Attorneys Help With Psychological Injuries
A lot can go wrong at work. Luckily most of these incidents do not lead to serious injury. In many other cases, workers sustain life threatening injuries from an accident at work. This can lead to a lot of pain and suffering, or even permanent disability and death.
In other instances, the worker may additionally sustain psychological injuries. These types of injuries are difficult to quantify, and can at times be difficult to diagnose. Although the worker is entitled to compensation, proving the existence and extent of such injury may be a tough proposition. This is how our Alpharetta Psychological Injuries Lawyers can help you if you suffer from work related incidents.
Repetitive Trauma Injuries / CTS
How Workers compensation Attorneys help with Repetitive Trauma / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
There are a number of cases where simply performing your job to the best of your ability could be having an effect on your general health. Repetitive trauma injuries can occur when carrying out the same tasks at work over a prolonged period of time. Although you may not have experienced an accident or injury at work, you could still be entitled to workers compensation benefits. We specialize in workers compensation and can help you pursue a claim – especially if your place of work is slow to respond to your claim for compensation.
Repetitive Trauma / CTS
An injury does not need to be caused by a specific traumatic event for the injury to be deemed a compensable workers’ compensation injury in Georgia. Performing repetitive activities and the same type of motion everyday at work can result in repetitive use injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
Lost Income Benefits
Entitlement to lost income benefits
These types of benefits include temporary, impairment, and lifetime benefits. Compensation for lost income seeks to replace lost income occasioned by inability to work. These may be past or future earnings. The level of compensation will depend on the workers current earnings and extent of disability.
Lost Income Benefits
Securing expert legal services is highly advisable if you are facing a contentious lost benefits claim. Representing yourself in such matters may leave you at a major disadvantage. Workers compensation law has complex nuances that can swing a claim one way or the other. Furthermore, the time and strenuous paperwork involved may not be suitable for someone already experiencing disability from injury.
Our compensation lawyers work as legal teams, handling every part of your claim with expertise and experience. This is very important when working against the huge resources at the disposal of insurance companies. A lawyer is therefore your best chance at getting just compensation. This is how our Alpharetta Lost Income Benefits Lawyers help you get the compensation you deserve.
Medical Benefits.
How Workers compensation Attorneys help with Medical Benefits
It’s no secret that medical care can be expensive at the best of times. However, when you are unable to work because of an accident, fall, or slip on the job, you might not have the income to pay for your medical bills. That’s where we can help.
We specialize as Alpharetta Medical Benefits Lawyers in the Georgia area, and have helped clients get back on their feet after they have experienced an accident or injury at work. We will be able to meet you at your home or hospital room and talk about the employee compensation benefits that you might be entitled to. This article explores how our Alpharetta Medical Benefits Lawyers will help with your medical benefits.
Medical Benefits
An injured worker is entitled to medical treatment which is to be furnished by the employer for the work related injury. The employer is required to post a panel of physicians in the work place and the injured worker is required to treat with a physician listed that the panel. Often times the employer does not have a posted panel of physicians or if they do, it is sometimes not valid. If that occurs, the injured worker has other viable options for treatment.