This compact, comprehensive reference guide covers workers compensation and employee protection laws, stressing the rights and duties of both the employer and the employee in the workplace. The text pays special attention to the laws that protect the employee and answers the most common workers compensation questions asked by students and lawyers. It is ideal both for use as a student study aid or review for the practitioner.
Jack B. Hood was born in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia in 1948. He graduated from Jordan Vocational High School in Columbus, Georgia in 1966. From the University of Georgia, he received an A.B. degree in 1969 and a J.D. degree in 1971. He received a Diploma in International Law in 1972, from the University of Cambridge. He has been a JAG Captain in the USAF, a law professor, and a private practitioner. He worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Georgia and presently works as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Alabama. He is a member of the Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Tennessee, and former Canal Zone bars. He is the author and co-author of several books, primarily legal texts, with 5 books currently published by Thomson Reuters/West. These books are also on Westlaw with their own database identifiers. He published his first novel in 2004, Banjo Lessons, which introduced the main character, Sam Stone. This was followed by a second novel in 2008, Banjo Playing, and a third novel in 2010, Banjo Method, both of which continued with the main character, Sam Stone. Look on YouTube for Jack B. Hood's selected banjo performances of some of the songs and tunes referenced in his three Sam Stone novels. One can also find him on banjohangout.org.
