Roden Law represents injured workers across Savannah and coastal Georgia — Pooler, Garden City, Port Wentworth, Richmond Hill, Hinesville, and Statesboro — in Georgia workers’ compensation claims. Workers’ comp is a no-fault system, so you do not have to prove your employer was negligent to receive benefits. We handle every claim on a contingency fee basis: you pay nothing unless we win. Roden Law has recovered more than $300 million for injured clients across Georgia and South Carolina and holds a 4.9-star average client rating. Our office is at 333 Commercial Dr. Call (912) 303-5850 for a free, confidential claim review.
Why Choose Roden Law for a Savannah Workers’ Comp Claim
Savannah’s largest employers — the Port of Savannah and its logistics chain, aerospace, manufacturing, and healthcare — are insured by carriers with experienced defense counsel who dispute average weekly wage, cut off medical treatment, and push injured workers back to full duty before they are ready. What separates Roden Law is direct attorney involvement: you work with your attorney, not a rotating desk of case managers, from the first injury report through your impairment rating and settlement. Savannah is our home office, not a satellite — attorney Eric Roden practices from 333 Commercial Dr.
- No fee unless we win — free consultation and no out-of-pocket cost to pursue your claim.
- We fight benefit cutoffs — when the insurer stops your weekly checks or denies surgery, we take it to the State Board.
- Full-value settlements — we account for your impairment rating, future medical needs, and lost earning capacity before you sign anything.
- We look past the comp claim — if a third party contributed to your injury, that separate case can recover damages workers’ comp never pays.
Common Savannah-Area Workplace Injuries We Handle
The Savannah economy concentrates several high-injury industries, each with its own claim pattern:
- Port, warehouse, and logistics injuries — crush, struck-by, forklift, and lifting injuries among terminal, container-yard, drayage, and distribution-center workers at the Port of Savannah and along the warehouse corridor on I-16 and Pooler. Longshore and terminal work is often covered by federal law rather than Georgia workers’ comp — see our Savannah port worker injury lawyers.
- Manufacturing and aerospace injuries — machinery, repetitive-motion, and fall injuries at plants and supplier operations across Chatham and Bryan counties.
- Construction injuries — falls from height, scaffold and ladder collapses, and equipment injuries on commercial and residential sites throughout the metro area.
- Healthcare-worker injuries — back, lifting, and needlestick injuries among hospital and nursing-facility staff.
- Occupational disease and repetitive stress — hearing loss, respiratory conditions, and cumulative-trauma injuries that develop over years rather than in a single accident.
Georgia Workers’ Comp Deadlines Are Different — Don’t Miss Them
Report to Your Employer Within 30 Days
You must notify your employer of a work injury within 30 days under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-80. This is the deadline injured workers miss most often. Report it in writing and keep a copy — verbal-only reports are a common ground for insurers to dispute a claim.
File With the State Board Within 1 Year
Telling your employer is not the same as filing a claim. A Georgia workers’ comp claim is filed on form WC-14 with the State Board of Workers’ Compensation within one year of the accident under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-82 — not the two-year personal injury statute of limitations in O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33 that applies to car accidents and other tort cases. Comp claims are not filed in superior court, and missing the one-year deadline can bar your benefits entirely.
Use the Posted Panel of Physicians
Georgia employers must post a panel of physicians under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-201, and you generally choose your treating doctor from that panel. Treating off-panel without authorization can leave you responsible for the bills and hand the insurer a reason to dispute your claim. If your employer has no valid posted panel, or will not provide it, you may be entitled to choose your own physician — ask for the panel in writing.
What Your Benefits Are Worth
Temporary total disability pays two-thirds of your average weekly wage, subject to a statutory maximum of $800 per week for injuries on or after July 1, 2023, and non-catastrophic claims are limited to 400 weeks under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-261. Permanent injuries are valued under the body-part schedule in O.C.G.A. § 34-9-263 based on the impairment rating assigned at maximum medical improvement. Workers’ compensation does not pay for pain and suffering at all — those damages are available only through a claim against someone other than your employer.
