A nitrogen leak at a food processing plant in Georgia resulted in the deaths of several employees. Here’s how workers’ compensation helps if you’re injured at work.
Contributor: Ben Gerber
Ben is an experienced trial lawyer focusing his practice on helping those who have been injured on the job. He is also a founding partner of Gerber & Holder Attorneys At Law, an award winning workers’ compensation law firm with offices in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia. Ben and his skilled team have decades of experience fighting aggressively to negotiate a fair settlement for their clients — and even take cases to the highest court in the land if necessary.
If you or a loved one have been seriously injured on the job, or suffered an occupational injury, you should know that you have legal rights under the Georgia workers' compensation law. Contact Ben for a free consultation and to start the process of compensation recovery. If he doesn’t win, you don’t pay.
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