Back Injury,Catastrophic Injury,FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I’m trying to figure out why I am scheduled to go up before an arbitrator on Aug 1, 2002 and my so-called attorney has not even tried to retrieve depostions from my doctors? Is this even possible? I was injured on the job about 2 1/2 years ago and I am still fighting…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I have been injured on the job and got a rating from my doctor of 13% whole body and 33% lower limb. Wanted to out what my options were when it came to settlement. Their number is $17,000. I think that not enough and wanted to know what was legally fair without getting…

FAQ,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

Question: I am an RN. A patient of mine fell out of bed. Two nursing assistants and I assisted the patient back into bed after she stated that she could stand. Two days later I started to have severe lower back pain. Currently I am in physical therapy, I have had 3 steroid injections into…

Back Injury,Catastrophic Injury,FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I’m from Alaska. I injured my back lifting 2 cases of antifreeze that were taped together. I am fighting the insurance adjuster pro se (this means he is representing himself, acting as his own attorney. I need to know if i can object to the employer’s case manager interfering with my doctor. I’m…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I am a flight attendant. I was injured in turbulence on 7/3/1994 on a flight from Denver to Chicago. I was working in the first class cabin, and the turbulence was so severe (typical summer thunderstorms) that the captain had called for us to be seated for awhile prior to the injury. The…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I am 33 years old, I am working as an overnight stocker. I had a serious injury in my lower back.  My MRI shows that I have a diffuse disc bulge and a right paracentral disc herniation at the L4-5 level of my back. And a diffuse disc bulge and a small roght…

Defective Products,FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation,Wrongful Death - August 26, 2015

  Question: My brother was killed in a coal mine. The machine he was running proved to be faulty. The company that makes the machine and the company that was allowing the employees to use the machine both knew about this danger. My brother’s wife has filed a suit against these companies. My siblings and…

FAQ,Personal Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: Are their any cases of worker’s comp paying benefits for depression/anxiety attacks, any mental health problems due to on the job harrassment, etc. in the state of virginia?

Catastrophic Injury,FAQ,Personal Injury,Traumatic Brain Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: I was struck in the head by a moving propeller while on the job. I was hospitalized for 4 days. I had a normal CT scan and MRI. Since the accident I have suffered extreme migraines, battled bouts of depression and suffer from acute anxiety. I have been on anti-depressants since the accident,…

Catastrophic Injury,FAQ,Personal Injury,Traumatic Brain Injury,Work Injury,Workers' Compensation - August 26, 2015

  Question: Cleveland, Ohio is where my friends accident happen. He was hit in the head by the mechanical iron and knocked unconscious, taken to hospital via ambulance. He suffered a concussion and was never the same. When he went back to work his employer put him on another job. He had several blackouts and…