Legal Opinion
Earth First Grading v. Gutierrez
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 3, 2004No. A04A1542PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
Earth First Grading and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier, Builders Insurance Group/Association Services, Inc., (hereinafter “employer/insurer”) appeal a superior court order affirming the State Board of Workers’ Compensation (“State Board”) award of temporary total disability (TTD) benefits to Ancelmo Gutierrez. The employer/insurer contend that Gutierrez’s illegal immigration status bars him from receiving benefits and that, during the relevant period, he was no longer disabled. For reasons that follow, we affirm.
Earth First hired Gutierrez in August 2000. He was in…
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