Can you sue your employer?

[bethsha211]

My friend does have a lawyer because they are denying her to have surgery on the same hand since the impairment doctor said she was MMI.But this gets complicated.She received a 2 % impairment rating which she appealed.But she really wasn't MMI since she is in so much pain.But since she hasn't signed the papers for the impairment rating,I am supposing that is why they won't give her another operation.So to the hearing they go.Before the impairment rating,she was working and her other hand also started hurting her badly,probably overcompensating.
She called in to the supervisor and told her. She went to her regular doctor and found out that she wasn't covered by WC,because the supervisor never called it in.She tried to call the IC many times and never heard from them.By then,it was past 30 days when it was finally called in.Then it was too late.So they are appealing for both hands on different cases.It's a mess and in the meantime she is working with two splints on her hand.She has had a couple of things happen recently that makes her think she is being watched. I told her to just know that it could be true or untrue,but act as if it might be happening.She has nothing to hide,but her hearing is in less than two weeks and who knows,they might just be watching her.Hard to tell.I did tell her that there is no pain and suffering with WC.She wasn't hoping there was because of all the pain she is having to go through and work anyway without any benefits now.