3 Things You Need to Know About Surveillance | Georgia Workers’ Compensation Attorney

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So what are three things you need to know about surveillance? Hello. My name is Ty Wilson, Georgia workers compensation attorney practicing law in the state of Georgia. And what we're talking about today is surveillance or the insurance company hiring an investigator to follow you if you've been injured on the job. And we're talking from the state of Georgia perspective. We see this from time to time, and I guess the most important thing now is that:

One. In all cases, they're not necessarily just going to hire investigator can be very expensive. And so if they're not paying you income benefits and especially if they're not paying you income benefits or medical benefits, and they denied your claim entirely, there's a pretty good chance they're not going to waste their money hiring an investigator to follow you unless you're claiming some pretty outlandish stuff. However, if you are receiving medical benefits, well, there's a possibility that they'll hire an investigator. It just depends upon how serious the injury is in the nature of the injury.

If you're receiving income benefits, I would say you're always a target to be followed by an investigator. They have to hire a private investigator and they'll follow you. And usually the times when they're looking for you and following you is when you're out in public. But keep in mind that workers compensation claim. There are certain things are situations where the insurance company knows where you will be, such as if you're in litigation on your workers compensation claim, then they're going to know that you've got to go to that deposition. They'll have an investigator waiting for you outside your Attorney's office, just waiting for you to hop into your car and follow you from there.

If you have medical appointments and remember, the insurance company has to approve and authorize all medical appointments. Another time would be if you have a hearing. Well, certainly they know you're going to be there at the hearing and you're going to leave the hearing at some point. And at that point, they can follow you as well.

What are they trying to do when they follow you? Are they trying to intimidate you? Well, not necessarily. What they're hoping you'll do is they're hoping that you'll do something that the doctor says you shouldn't be doing or you can't do. And they're hoping to catch you doing those things, whether it's limited walking, driving, no lifting more than 15 lbs. I want to catch you at the Home Depot lifting a 50 pound bag of something. That's what they want to catch you doing, because what they do and how they use these videos and the investigative reports is they will go to your authorized treating physician or your main doctor and your workers compensation claim, and they'll say, hey, Doc, we know that you said this person couldn't return to work. But we wanted to show you this video and see if you still believe they can't do these different things.

And a lot of times the doctor will feel insulted, let down like you lied to them about how you were hurt and they become resentful. And obviously you're not there to explain the situation. They do this all behind the scenes, and they're allowed to, unfortunately, and the doctor will release you then full duty, not even seeing you. And I get a lot of calls. Well, the doctor didn't even see me, and he's all of a sudden release me full duty. So the first thing I'm always looking at is, is there a video? Do you know if there's a video? Did the adjuster talk to you about a video, or did someone else talk to you about them having a video? Because typically, that's how something changes on a dime. They catch you doing something that you're not supposed to be doing. They're going to try to shut your benefits down.

[simplyclean]

When they see me lift 3 waater cases of 40 bottles each and make big deal.. but they dont say anything when im at work lifting 50 lbs for 8hrs everyday

[david.]

Great video. Even though you are making our jobs more difficult by providing the public with this free information, I believe it’s in the best interest for the people to watch this video. Especially if they’re involved in some type of WC case. Remember, if you’re on a claim we will be watching you in hopes, I repeat, in hopes to catch you going against your doctors orders. Great work, and keep these informative videos coming.

-CA PI.

[karensherlock]

They didn’t follow me they followed my mother I didn’t know until 3 years ago when I received a copy of my File.
So this evidence was giving for court proceedings.
I didn’t get to go to Court lawyers said I was a risk attempting to suicide spent a week in ICU
I’ve been receiving medical expenses and they are beating me down after 21 years.
Karen from Australia

[KingfishStevens-diji]

And they should catch these fraudsters. Penalties for disability fraud are far too lenient. I worked 40 years with a ruptured disc in my back.

[quakers]

This is like how to be better at pretending to be injured.

[AG-mmwn]

I live out of state and on private property. Plus with my type of injury I don't have anything they could "catch" me doing anything. My medical only benefits did get cut off as of now due to MMI report from one of my treating physicians. Had 2 IME now on to my final IME. The main IME appointment said I definitely need to be compensated. Have it recorded as well. Hopefully he actually put that in his report! Nice video

[WelcomeTexasPodcast]

I went out of work 2021 i was having sever back pain. I took some short term disability. I had back surgery june 2021 felt worse than before. Oct 2021 i went to a rheumatologist she did blood work and more imaging. HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis diagnosis. Today i had independent medical examination afterwards i was followed and the car was parked in front of my home. I looked at my home surveillance and i can see he was 30 seconds ahead of me parking. So he wanted to position himself to watch me as i exited the car. He stayed parked. Since i am a paranoid person by nature my wife drove by just to let him know we are on to you. 10 mins later he was gone.

[causewecare]

They are all operating as a business!! Hospitals, police, insurance companies..

With every business you need to spend $ to make $ … or save $$ in a WC claim .

Paying a P.I a few hundred or thousands for stalking u .. could save the business millions in compensation payouts.

[jasper]

i have not worked there in years, why are they still in my home life and destroy every aspect of my life, and it is so bad i need fcc to stop them now fro listening to my phone calls and isp allowing them on my home personal network, nothing work related on any of these. Please tell them to sue them

[ricklast]

About restrictions? I got a WCB letter in oct/2004 saying there was no evidence of any injuries to prevent me from working mod duties. I was not aware they did surveilance until 2006 appeal. In Oct the WCB said you have restrictions from an Functional Capacity exam done in March 2004. Well this FCE progressed my L4 and L5 herniations. March 2004 I have another ct says contacting nerve root at both levels jjst after FCE done at WCB. So fast forward to dec/2004 a neurosergeon says Mr Last I will forward to WCB. He calls me to come have surgery dec/2004. In aug/2004 a WCB medical advisor giver her opinion that she could not see I had recovered from injuries according to video done Aug 3/4/5th. Well I didn't recover I had surgery only on L5/S1 level. Apperently 15 years later I tried to get back to work after losing pretty well everything. An MRI says a new finding L4 herniation compressing nerve root. Ahh no it is not new. I appealed the L4 beign part of accident in 2017. The same chief appeal commissioner says MRI says it is a new finding. So after 2 years I get addendum to MRI, it is not new. I request reconsideration and the new Chief Appeal Commissioner says I should have known through my own due diligence? What! It is torture!

[hkaplanlaw]

Your channel is pure gold. Thank you for sharing this valuable information!

[aquiconfeya]

I know someone is committing fraud. And I hate it!!! It makes me feel guilty.

[ricklast]

I had L4 and L5 disc herniations compressing roots. You ain't working a day. I couldn't even go for a wiz.

[johnhouston]

Been dealing with workers comp a few years now. So far they've been helpful. I didn't like being pressured from the doctor though in the beginning. I've done my deposition. I've had a lower back surgery and now I'm getting another one. I wonder if they'll try settling soon to try getting this over with. I wonder if they can being that my surgeon hasn't released me yet.

[MMAGUY]

Just came from court they said they have a surveillance tape of me. I gotta go back and I don’t even get to see the video and I have to answer questions. So then you start to think that did I pulled the garbage out that I bring groceries in that I pick up my dog you start thinking what have I done that they found it worthwhile to videotape.

[anniealexander]

If the Dr says you can lift 25 lbs, can you lift 25 lbs in your yard?

[ahsanmohammed]

Playlist numbers are meaningless. Sorry.

[coolroy]

Isn't it a bad idea to discuss your case on Social media 🤔