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Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, is pleased to announce the elevation of six attorneys as new partners in the Atlanta office, effective Jan. 1, 2023. The firm’s 2023 class of partners includes Kelly Chartash, Gillian Crowl-Parrish, Alex McDonald, Lauren Meadows, Alexander Mikhalevsky and Kori Wagner.

As employers consider employment arrangements for the new year, Emily Truitt authored an article for Law360 published on December 22, 2022, that highlights potential risk to consider for traveling and teleworking employees as it relates to workers’ compensation claims and investigations in Georgia.

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In the December 14, 2022 issue of the Daily Report, Martine Cumbermack and Alexis Herring explored willful misconduct defenses in Georgia related to injuries that may have been caused by employee intoxication or fighting, as well as defenses when an injury stems from an employee deviating from the scope of their job responsibilities.

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As businesses continue to commit to full-time remote and hybrid workforces, Lisa Wade and Jon Spencer authored an article for Bloomberg Law discussing the continued challenge of defending workers’ compensation claims when the alleged injury occurs away from the traditional place of work.

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Carson Campbell authored an article published by Business Alabama on November 28, 2022, discussing how workers’ compensation claims filed for COVID-19 infections have been handled by the state’s courts and statutes.

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Alex Ficker and Sarah Luna authored an article published by Claims Journal exploring strategies for effectively settling workers’ compensation claims. 

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In the November/December 2022 issue of Risk & Insurance, Melissa Segel was quoted in an article highlighting strategies for mitigating risk from insurance fraud.

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Derek Goff authored an article published by PropertyCasualty360 exploring insurers’ obligation to cover claims filed to a policy that has auto-renewed after the policyholder has passed away.