Workers' Compensation Discussion Forums

thanks to all for your help and support as i went through the trial(i think it was last week--it took so much out of me traveling etc that ive been laid up for days) so now if you should ever know someone who wants to know how they work im able to tell them.
now the wait for the desicion but i think i might havr that in the bag

for those who dont know i have rsd/crps-i take alot of meds and have 1 scs implanted and waiting for another--medically there is nothing left--ive tried it all and to top it off im too young to see my life pass by dealing with this and lose a job i truly love and miss

whenever i leave the house it is in a wheelchair as my legs are not strong enough and the pain causes them to tremor. i also sweat badly due to the amount of morphine i need to take and travel no where without a fan

the trial starterd with my atty asking about what my life is like now(i have no life) what is was like--what my job entailed and what i liked about my job. im sure many of you can relate when i say throughout this first process the tears just started flowing--i have missed so many things in life even my daughters wedding reception as the pain was making me vomit--a job where all my friends are at and not to mention being broke as they decided to quit paying me last year as their doctor did not believe rsd was related to the injury--although i have had two other injuries at work that resulted with the flare ups of rsd--once this time it did not come back around to return to work right away they got their doctor to say it wasnt related and to make things worse their atty refused to write a letter of denial of treatment so my own insurance company would pay for the treatments--therefore i went for 1 year without any medical treatment because of them and slowly watched my condition worsen as month after month they would not write the letter.
their atty had no defense at all she wanted to know why i thought the lesions i had were rsd related and not shingles-ive had shingles and they are painful-these just blister and scar the legs. it was a good day for me as she wanted to know how often i got them i said once a month last for 3 weeks--so you shoulod still have some--i nsure did up and down my arm and neck--she wanted to see the legs and so did the arbritraitor he was like"oh my gosh are all these scars from those lesions" yes!!!!!!!
by now i told you i sweat alot--my hair was drenched even with the fan blowing right o9n me and they could see the entire shirt was sopping wet. i had to take a break to take break through meds as i had been sitting for almost an hour and it is really uncomfortable to me,
all alomng this atty told mine she was relying on what their doctor said that the rsd was not related and that i just plain did not want to return to work. she did not bring up his report at all during this trial--she brought up nothing

afterwards my husband and i left the room so i could get comfortable while they finished up; my atty came out withy the biggest grin. the arbritraitor wanted to know what she was doing there and bringing me there in my condition when she had no defense or made any statement regarding a defense(at this trial they had to submit all evidence--they cannot come back and enter anything more) the arbritrator also wanted to know where the photos were--usually when w/comp wants a trial instead of a settlement they have proof that the client is out doing all sorts of things---i literally have left my house maybe 20 times in 2 1/2 years that how bad my rsd is. she then slammed my atty because he made me cry making the remark "you must be doing alot of jury trials lately" he did not have to make me cry they come all the time whenever im asked to describe what they have done to me and allowing my rsd to spread becuase they didnot want to write a letter of denial. i guess crying is something attys try and get their clients to do--i know the judge knew mine were real
i was nervous going in to thuis trialo and for anyone who ever wants any advice--my best advice is to tell the truth--knowing i had not a thing to lie about made the process go by quickly even when she tried to trip me up on things-it did not work as i had nothing but the truth.
i know have 14 days in which both attys get to submit a 3 page brief and then the judge his descion. i hope and really do not think he will take a long time knowing i am not getting paid and w/comp is the ones who put me at the stage of nrsd that i am in.

i am sooo glad it is over---and thinking back and what happened if all you have is the truth--their atty has nothing to come after you with

sorry to rant just glad it is over and wanted others to know what took place. plus with all my friends in a different city where my job is i just felt so good i wanted to share

i will keep you uo to date on what happens from here

i do have one question for a friend of mine--he was off on an injury--company came back and saidn it was not work related. his atty went to a "pre-trial" and told him that w/comp would be sending him a check for 2500.00 for his back pay but it would not be officialy documented as a work related injury until a hearing on oct 1st--does anyone understand whats that all about--his atty does not explain things good to him. will he get the check before the trial along with his weekly checks or will they send him the back pay before the hearing?

thanks for yoiur help and listening

me!!!!!!!!!!!!

so glad its over for you sometime seeing is believing..........I guess you showed em.....I hope for you the BS is over

dang 'rednecks!!!!!!!!!.
HE

thanks for the info that sounds right i will let him know

i have more information on my friends claim which only comes with more questions. supposely this 2500.00 is good faith money until another hearing oct.1. so he is lost as to what happened at the first hearing--we assumed they were going to decide if it was a work comp claim. what is this next hearing going to be about. his attorney says he needs his doctors to write a report that specificcaly states that the injuries were related to the accident. they wrote probably he has never been injured or sought medical treatment for a torn rotar cuff or torn tendons before--its like common since he was fine that day and after the accident he is totally disabled. i told him that even if they just said probably and even if there was evidence that there were injuries not treated in the past that i believed in il that an accident that aggravates a previous injury is covered--do you know if this is correct? im having my friend speak to my attorney on wednesday just to get another opinion as this attorney wrote in his letter to him that without the doctor changing his wording he really does not have a case because "probably" could mean that it did cause it or did not. just wanted to throw this out and see what you all think. also still looking to see if anyone has info on if there is a case if he was on their property or the property the locate and thats where he fell getting to the point (the only way to get to the point) of where he could clock in. just give me any thoughts so i can pass along to him
no matter what this place gives some of us hope that others might have had other incidents that were alike and it is nice to get other peoples aspect
thanks in advance for any info

me

Fireball, you showed how a IW can do a fine job in issues such as this hearing. I'm very proud of you to go through this. Now, I hope all the rest will fall into place without any more troubles. I pray, that in years to come, the medical field will find relief for you. As I always say never give up hope, for some day you just might be surprised.