"This case is about the employer failing to meet its obligation under this crystal-clear statute and the failure of the judges below to uphold the statute, and instead, rewriting the law to get around it," Atlanta attorney Sergio Camilo-Steven Ardila-Ibarra argued. "The statute provides and I quote, 'the employer shall post the panel of physicians in prominent places on the business premises.' That is OCGA 34-9-201C and the only issue before this court is whether the employer posted its panel in prominent places." Caption: (Credit: danielfela/Shutterstock.com)
The Georgia Court of Appeals will soon decide whether an employer's insurance should have to pay for an injured day care worker's medical treatment by her preferred physician.
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Cedra Mayfield
Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield
