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Don'ts for Injured Workers: Don't Wait to Report Your Injury | Workers' Compensation Atlanta

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Workers' Compensation Atlanta - Visit us today at http://cochranfirmatlantaworkerscompensation.com/ or call (404) 222-9922. In this video find out more information about Don'ts for Injured Workers: Don't Wait to Report Your Injury. Interviewer: What happens if an injured worker waits to report an injury? Mr.Ramsay: It's quite simple. You're denying yourself the availability of treatment. The longer you wait - the longer it is going to take for you to get better; for you to get back to work; and for you to provide the income for your family. I cannot stress enough - It's detrimental to your claim not to report right away. Earlier I indicated that you have thirty days to report your injury and that is true, but why wait thirty days? I understand there are certain times that you don't appreciate perhaps how bad your back hurts, or that some injuries take time to appreciate to a level to where you feel like you need treatment. That's why the law allows you thirty days. However, the longer you wait to do so then you're putting yourself in a position to where the insurance company could deny your claim - not because you haven't provided the notice within thirty days - but because they just flat out don't believe you. They might simply ask you, "Well, why did you wait so long if you're in such excruciating pain.". Don't give the employer or the insurance company a reason to back out of providing you the treatment. Tell them what happened, report the injury, get incident report and ask for treatment as soon as possible. If you do wait after the thirty days then 99% of the time the insurance company will deny your claim because they don't have to provide treatment after the thirty days. It gives them a way to back out of the treatment. There may be ways around that thirty day notice period and that's what attorneys do to make sure that your claim gets accepted. But again, if you do not have to put yourself in a bad position then don't do so. The beginning of your claim is a very very important time frame. That's why there are statutory time frames when you need to report your claim. So the faster you can do that and the faster we can get you the right treatment, the faster we can get your income benefits, with no interruption in the income that comes into your household and the faster we can just put you in a better position and you were at the time of the injury. So don't wait. Report it. Ask for the incident report to be written up, and ask for treatment as soon as possible. Attorney Andre’ C. Ramsay joined The Cochran Firm Atlanta in 2016. He previously worked as an Associate Attorney at a fast-paced North Atlanta law firm specializing in the practice areas of Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, and Social Security Disability. Mr. Ramsay aggressively represents many injured workers in acquiring all income and medical benefits available to them to the full extent of the law. See all of our Workers' Compensation Attorney Atlanta | An Interview with Andre' Ramsay videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNjuXLsPOkmS8vU_9zAZfBqhJKrKJfy9h See all of our Atlanta Workers Compensation Attorney | Injury videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNjuXLsPOkmRQLmMHssZ1rpCGZVMcq1Kb See all of our Workers' Compensation Lawyer Atlanta | Do's and Don'ts for Injured Workers videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNjuXLsPOkmQKA7aJJ4ZsT51iPqWeagMN Andre’ earned a bachelor’s degree in Management of Information Studies, with a minor in Business Administration from Florida State University. As an undergraduate student, Andre’ was one of 16 students chosen from 23 states for the Florida State University College of Law National Summer Law Program. Andre’ later earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. While in law school, Andre’ competed in the American Bar Association Client Interviewing and Counseling competition where he placed in the "National Top-6" after winning the Regional competition. Andre’ also founded the Caribbean Law Students Association, was a Student Bar Association Class Representative, and a Pre-Trial CALI award recipient. Andre’ also clerked for a well-known national law firm, where he had the opportunity to work directly under a former Georgia Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judge. NOTICE: You are not a client of this law firm and we do not represent you unless you have a signed attorney/client agreement with this law firm. No duties or privileged relationships are intended to be created by this communication where they do not otherwise exist. The Cochran Firm Atlanta Andre' Ramsay 100 Peachtree Street NW Suite 2600 Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 222-9922 https://plus.google.com/u/1/102859070594789893424