hello everybody i know its been a while but i've had a lot on my plate these last couple weeks. i took an ime on 1/8/08 courtesy of the ic and the doctor basically said in his report that i'm in the best shape of my life and his opinion is i don't want to go back to work. anyway i had a hearing on 1/23/08 and it was canceled because ic and my lawyer wasn't seeing eye to eye. i go to the mailbox yesterday and my wc check isn't there. so i called my job(self insured) and talk to my claim worker and she said that my checks have been suspended based on the ime report and the matter will come up at my next hearing and i want receive a check at least till after my hearing. the original basis of my meeting was to question the extent and period of my disability and some unpaid medical bills. that was before the ime. so i'm assuming my new hearing 2/27/08 will be about that as well as my checks stopping. i honestly don't know what to do. i thought my job was ok because they started paying my checks as soon as i was hurt. now i'm starting to feel played. i got injured 6/13/07 and i received restrictions to return to work 9/22/07 and my job still hasn't placed me. what i'm wondering is do mri's play any kind of part in your judgement. right now the only people saying i'm not hurt is the ime. even the in house dr at my job has kept me out and hasn't said one time he think i can return to work. i'm just trying to figure out whats gonna happen at my hearing. i feel like i'm in a lose lose situation because my checks stopped and by me not being in the union i don't have a guaranteed job so i'm s.o.l. i don't have an income from nowhere. if i was to tell my lawyer that i want this over and done with will that give the courts the impression that i'm trying to get a quick $$$. its not that i hate not being in control of my life and i'm ready to get my life back. i'm tired of going to dr appts, pt, and all the other stuff that comes with an injury. my current dr is all about the money because i've seen him 6 times and not counting the waiting room time i've probably spent about an hour with him. all he does is give me meds and set up another appt. pt aint any better i can walk in and tell them my pain is a 10 then do 50 backflips they wouldn't even notice. (pt and dr is the same people). i'm just tired and i needed to vent and hopefully find some answers. peace.
palmtreesandparakeets Wrote:hello everybody i know its been a while but i've had a lot on my plate these last couple weeks. i took an ime on 1/8/08 courtesy of the ic and the doctor basically said in his report that i'm in the best shape of my life and his opinion is i don't want to go back to work. anyway i had a hearing on 1/23/08 and it was canceled because ic and my lawyer wasn't seeing eye to eye. i go to the mailbox yesterday and my wc check isn't there. so i called my job(self insured) and talk to my claim worker and she said that my checks have been suspended based on the ime report and the matter will come up at my next hearing and i want receive a check at least till after my hearing. the original basis of my meeting was to question the extent and period of my disability and some unpaid medical bills. that was before the ime. so i'm assuming my new hearing 2/27/08 will be about that as well as my checks stopping. i honestly don't know what to do. i thought my job was ok because they started paying my checks as soon as i was hurt. now i'm starting to feel played. i got injured 6/13/07 and i received restrictions to return to work 9/22/07 and my job still hasn't placed me. what i'm wondering is do mri's play any kind of part in your judgement. right now the only people saying i'm not hurt is the ime. even the in house dr at my job has kept me out and hasn't said one time he think i can return to work. i'm just trying to figure out whats gonna happen at my hearing. i feel like i'm in a lose lose situation because my checks stopped and by me not being in the union i don't have a guaranteed job so i'm s.o.l. i don't have an income from nowhere. if i was to tell my lawyer that i want this over and done with will that give the courts the impression that i'm trying to get a quick $$$. its not that i hate not being in control of my life and i'm ready to get my life back. i'm tired of going to dr appts, pt, and all the other stuff that comes with an injury. my current dr is all about the money because i've seen him 6 times and not counting the waiting room time i've probably spent about an hour with him. all he does is give me meds and set up another appt. pt aint any better i can walk in and tell them my pain is a 10 then do 50 backflips they wouldn't even notice. (pt and dr is the same people). i'm just tired and i needed to vent and hopefully find some answers. peace.
If your employer is not taking you back to work and your comp checks have stopped why are you not collecting unemployment. Its fine to vent but what is your status are you TTd TPD or what, were you sent back on light duty? If your employer can not accomadate your light duty I believe you are entitled to unemployment.
I'm saddened to tell you that in your case the insurer's tactics are working exactly as intended. They try to break you down, through lack of treatment, lack of money, and lack of control of the situation so that you give up. It is profoundly unfair to you, but It happens to people eveyday, everywhere. If they win by their horrible behavior, then you will effectively get cheated out of what the law entitles you to.
I know it's hard, but I encourage you to hang in, if you can.
I'm concerned that the hearing was delayed. You said because the lawyers didn't see "eye to eye." The purpose of these hearings is to resolve the disputes. In Connecticut hearings can not be postponed unless both sides agree to it. It raises some questions in my mind.
tourdaddy i'm considered tpd right now. i don't know if i can get unemployment because i only worked about a month before i got injured and i didn't work at all before i got injured. i come from off the streets and it was my first job. plus if i start drawing unemployment and i get a settlement want i have to pay that money back.
palmtreesandparakeets Wrote:tourdaddy i'm considered tpd right now. i don't know if i can get unemployment because i only worked about a month before i got injured and i didn't work at all before i got injured. i come from off the streets and it was my first job. plus if i start drawing unemployment and i get a settlement want i have to pay that money back.
Palmtree, you will have to pay nothing back unless you are receiving money illegally, does not matter wether you worked one day or 20 years, but however if your occupation has caused your injury the Dr. will note that. Here is the best advice you will ever hear. GET AN ATTORNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will cost you nothing and he will only be paid if you receive any compensation from the event. Please im me what are your injuries and if you are temporarily partial disabled you will have money coming to you when its done. However i dont know if you know if you r TPD or TTD figure it out and ask 1171 . he has the best advice on this site, I am just a stupid injured worker trying to figure out my rights. However I have learned more from this site than I ever knew before.
hey palmboy, you seem not to understand that work comp and unenjoyment r 2 different things, you probably will have no unenjoment to receive if you have not been working in a while however if you are tpd you should be able to get retrained in vocational rehab, direct your questions to 1171 on this board let him know what your injuries are and what your status is from your dr. also let him know what state your in and start asking questions that we can understand. Not that i cant but he is much better
unfortunately you can't collect unemployment if you are not able to work.
you have a dispute between work comp medical opinions that has to be resolved thru negotiation or judicial determination.
If you negotiate a solution the courts don't care why or how you settled. There are thousands of cases settled regularly for thousands of reasons. It's not like they have to find out what motivated you to settle and if it's for a "bad" reason they will arrest you. they just do work comp settlements and leave it to st. peter to sort out the bad from the good.
i have an attorney. the ic dr sent me to get a mri 3 days after my accident.(6/18/07). the mri report said i have 2 herniations disc bulging disc protusion and annular tear. he sent me to specialist who then sent me to take fce. fce said functioning at 35-40%.(9/07) got restrictions to return to work.(9/22/07). job said no work. going to pt 3x a week. took an ime that the job requested.(1/8/08) his report said that i'm in the best shape of my life. he says that he don't think i would go back to work under any circumstances. he said nothing wrong and i don't need any restrictions. went to hearing.(1/23/08) canceled it until (2/27/08) because the ic lawyer said nothing wrong and my lawyer documents said other wise. the man we were there with was only a middle man and he said he can only make decisions when both parties agree. therefore we have to take it to the judge. i received my last check.(1/24/08) called adjuster she said i'm not getting paid no more because of ime report. i'm non union at my job but i have an inside person on the human resources staff and i was told that the job has no intention on hiring me. restrictions or no restrictions. she said that the day i got hurt will be the last day i ever work there. this really sucks because i was making $18hr at my job plus $2hr cola. thats not bad for a high school drop out with no experience. my only worry is the final outcome of this. i don't know if its too early to settle and i don't want to bring that up to lawyer because i don't want people to think i'm just trying to get a quick dollar, but i might as well try to get it over with because it aint like i can drag this out and i have a job waiting on me. right now i have no income and my job is no longer. what can i do???????
as i said: "don't worry about what others think." your first response was correct: try to get it settled and move on.
there are anti-discrimination provisions in the comp laws that are suppose to prevent retaliatory firings but I doubt your lawyer will want to file. That's why it's so common.
its not that they are firing me. they don't have to do that. my job did two separate group hirings last year. 12/06 and 5/07. when we started we had to sign a waiver saying that we are part time until further notified. its not like the regular work 90 days then you in the union. we work as a group and we get laid off as a group. i was hurt 6/13/07 and my group got laid off 6/30/07 and hasn't return back to work. so if i was released from the dr with no restrictions i still wouldn't have a job. we are still employees but we are "laid off". you and i both no that has no time limits. i call it legal firing. thats why i'm trying to get it over with. my question to you is how do i go about trying to rush a settlement and does a quick settlement mean less money. i only been out 8months. is there a way to figure out what you are entitled to???