About Costner Law Group
Our firm is an experienced law firm specializing in fighting for victim’s rights. Elizabeth Devaughn Costner will help you recover losses and damages resulting from negligence and work injuries. She is also an expert with insurance litigation. She is a highly skilled attorney with the expertise to handle any personal injury claim. Her years o experience provide our clients with the best chance of a swift and fair result. If you have any questions about your options or about your case, please feel free to give us a call. One of our qualified representatives will be more than happy to assist you.
Areas of Practice
Mediation Services
My practice focuses on resolving conflicts between insurance adjusters and current or former employees. From my office in Savannah, Georgia, I offer both online and in-person mediation services.
Workers Compensation
Workers’ compensation laws help make sure that workers have enough money to care for themselves and their families while they are out of work.
Serious Enjury or Death
Employees who sustain traumatic injuries while working are entitled to emergency medical care at the expense of the employer.
On The Job Injuries
If you have an injury or illness due to your job, you may be entitled to money under workers’ compensation laws.
Insurance Litigation
When there is an injury resulting in time off from work, the liable party is responsible for paying lost wages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Although it is permitted for an injured employee to represent himself it is very difficult. Only a lawyer is allowed to represent an injured worker during a hearing. You are much better off hiring a trained professional to handle your case. You need someone who is familiar with the law and knows what questions to ask.
A deposition is a statement about the event given to a court reporter while under oath.
You will be responsible for paying your medical bills. The at-fault person’s insurance company will be responsible for compensating you.
Workers’ compensation is usually the only legal remedy for an employee injured or sickened in the course of employment. The public policy behind workers’ compensation envisions a bargain between employers and employees in which workers give up the right to sue their employers in court in exchange for the guaranty of workers’ compensation benefits. This reduces tension in the workplace by creating a predictable method for resolving employer-employee conflict. Although workers’ compensation awards tend to be smaller than those in lawsuits, employees are not left without support during drawn-out court proceedings with unsure outcomes.
Vocational rehabilitation is the process of rebuilding work skills as part of recovering from an injury or illness. Sometimes an injured individual can eventually return to his or her previous job. If an injury places long-term or permanent limitations upon the person, retraining for a new type of job may be necessary. Depending upon the law of your state, if you require vocational rehabilitation after a job injury or industrial illness, your employer or its workers’ compensation insurer, or the state, or some combination of these three resources may be required to pay for your vocational rehabilitation services as part of your workers’ compensation benefits.
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