LLH’s Participation in 6th Annual Legal Food Frenzy – Top Rankings in the Competition In the Georgia legal community, many participate in the statewide competition known as the Legal Food Frenzy. This competition is in its sixth year, and Lueder, Larkin & Hunter has participated for four (4) straight years now. The efforts help food banks across the state raise monies and collect pounds of food to ensure that struggling families, seniors, and children across Georgia have enough to eat...
Read More...
This case involved two claims for binaural hearing loss under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. The Employer/Carrier accepted the initial 2012 hearing loss claim as compensable and paid the claim. There no dispute regarding compensability, so no informal conference or written recommendation was issued by the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. The Claimant continued working for the Employer and filed a second hearing loss claim in 2014, which the Employer/Carrier...
Read More...
The 2017 edition of Thomson Reuters' Georgia Super Lawyers magazine recognized Elina V. Brim, Stephen A. Finamore, Jason W. Hammer, Cynthia C. Hodge, Burke B. Johnson, John T. Lueder, Brian P. McElreath, Daniel E. Melchi, Erica L. Parsons, Jefferson M. Starr, and Brandon D. Wagner as among the best in their respective practice areas in the state. Exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement For inclusion onto these lists, lawyers are...
Read More...
In its 2017 edition, Best Lawyers® has recognized Burke Johnson and Brian McElreath, partners at Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC, as among the leading attorneys in the country. The results were published in the 23rd Edition edition of The Best Lawyers in America™. Brian McElreath was recognized in the field of Workers' Compensation Law - Employers. Burke Johnson was recognized in the field of Commercial Litigation. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become...
Read More...
Claimant failed to establish that incident involving the Employer's shuttle vehicle and driver resulted in the Claimant's alleged injuries. The Claimant was not entitled to invoke Section 920(a) presumption under the LHWCA. Mr. McElreath tried this concurrent jurisdiction case before the United States Department of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation. The Claimant alleged that a co-worker ran over his feet while driving the...
Read More...
