Legal Opinion
Roseburg Forest Products Company v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 6, 2016No. S15G1808, S15G1811PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
On August 13, 1993, Willie Barnes suffered an amputation of his left leg below the knee in an industrial accident at the Georgia-Pacific (GP) wood processing plant where he worked. GP, its insurer Georgia Conversion Primary Insurance Company (Georgia Conversion), and its workers’ compensation servicing agent CCMSI, accepted the claim as catastrophic and began paying temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. Barnes was fitted with a prosthetic leg and returned to lighter duty work in January 1994. On January 30, 1994, GP stopped paying TTD benefits to Barnes, and the TTD…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. ReidSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
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3Cited by5 opinions
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