It depends on the situation. If your physician releases you to light-duty work, and if the insurance company complies with the many procedural requirements of Georgia workers’ compensation law, they will reduce your benefits from temporary total to temporary partial, but only a year later. Your Duluth workers’ compensation lawyer would need to review all of your paperwork to give you a correct answer.

I am the founding partner of Brauns Law Accident Injury Lawyers, PC. I only represent plaintiffs in injury cases and only handle personal injury claims. This allows me to focus solely on personal injury litigation and devote myself to helping injured residents in Georgia recover fair compensation for their damages.