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Lexis Nexis Kissiah and Lay's Georgia Workers' Compensation Law
Considered a leading resource for Georgia workers' compensation, this popular treatise provides quick answers on this complex area of law.
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Written by one of the state's leading experts, Kissiah and Lay's Georgia Workers' Compensation Law is the most detailed, accurate, and up-to-date resource available to Georgia attorneys who practice in this area. It analyzes exhaustively the statutes, regulatory provisions, and case law decisions governing workers' compensation law in Georgia, providing essential information to personnel managers, risk managers, and insurance adjusters, as well as workers' compensation attorneys.
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Douglas T. Lay, Esq. Kissiah & Lay
Douglas T. Lay, Esq. Kissiah & Lay
Douglas T. Lay is an attorney based in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, and practices throughout the state in the field of workers’ compensation law representing employers and insurers. He is the managing partner of the law firm of Kissiah & Lay. In addition to the two-volume treatise, Kissiah and Lay’s Georgia Workers’ Compensation Law (Lexis/Nexis) that is currently in its fourth edition, he is a contributing author of The Complete Guide to Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance – Lexis/Nexis Publishing, and a contributing author of Workers’ Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis – Lexis/Nexis Publishing. He is a member of the Larson’s National Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board. He is an attorney instructor for the Georgia Certified Workers’ Compensation Professional Program. He is a frequent author and speaker for a variety of continuing legal education and business audiences, including the State Board of Workers’ Compensation; the State Bar of Georgia and the Annual Worker’s Compensation Advanced Seminar for Workers’ Compensation Attorneys. He resides in Georgia with his wife and three children and serves on the Board of Trustees of King’s Ridge Christian School. He attended the University of South Carolina at the Spartanburg and Columbia campuses and graduated with a B.S. degree. He graduated with a J.D. degree from Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia where he was a member of the Mercer Law Review and Mercer Moot Court Board. He is a graduate of The United States Army Airborne School and The United States Army Officer Basic Course for both the Signal Corps and Judge Advocate General Corp (JAG) and served as a commissioned officer in the Signal Corps with the South Carolina Army National Guard and as a JAG Officer with the United States Army Reserve in Georgia. He is a member of the Georgia bar and was admitted to practice in 1992.
Table of contents
(Partial Table of Contents)
Chapter 1 Historical Considerations with Regard to Workers' Compensation Law
Chapter 2 Jurisdiction and Choice of Laws
Chapter 3 Employment Relationship
Chapter 4 Injury by Accident Arising Out of and in the Course of Employment
Chapter 5 Particular Types of Accidents
Chapter 6 Particular Types of Injuries
Chapter 7 Occupational Disease
Chapter 8 Willful Misconduct
Chapter 9 Statute of Limitations Issues in Occupational Injury Cases
Chapter 10 Notice of Injury
Chapter 11 Intentional Misrepresentation as to Condition - The "Rycroft" Defense
Chapter 12 Disability Benefits - Generally
Chapter 13 Average Weekly Wage
Chapter 14 Temporary Total Disability Benefits
Chapter 15 Temporary Partial Disability Benefits
Chapter 16 Permanent Partial Disability Benefits
Chapter 17 Death Benefits
Chapter 18 Medical Benefits
Chapter 19 Rehabilitation Benefits
Chapter 20 Credits and Offsets
Chapter 21 Modification of Benefits
Chapter 22 Form Filing and Payment Provisions
Chapter 23 Attorneys and Attorneys' Fees
Chapter 24 Lump Sums and Advances
Chapter 25 Settlements
Chapter 26 Administration of the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act
Chapter 27 Procedure in Workers' Compensation Cases
Chapter 28 Appeals to the Appellate Division
Chapter 29 Superior Court Review in Workers' Compensation Cases
Chapter 30 Appeals Beyond the Superior Court Level
Chapter 31 Insurance and Self-Insurance
Chapter 32 Subsequent Injury Fund
Chapter 33 Workers' Compensation Subrogation
Chapter 34 The Exclusive Remedy Provision of the Act
Chapter 35 Guardianship
