The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that an employer could terminate benefits to a worker who had aggravated his pre-existing conditions after healing to a point comparable to his condition before the workplace injury.
The court decided that if an employee aggravates a pre-existing condition on the job, the employer may suspend benefits without a court order once a doctor says the worker has returned to his "baseline condition."
The question of what constitutes a baseline condition remains open, said David Ricks, who represented claimant Kasabian M...
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