Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!374!14.0!Leora.Ruggieri From: Leora.Ruggieri@p0.f14.n374.z1.fidonet.org (Leora Ruggieri) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Re-Training after injury Message-ID: <18775@bunker.isc-br.com> Date: 15 Apr 91 15:45:24 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.isc-br.com Reply-To: Leora.Ruggieri@p0.f14.n374.z1.fidonet.org Organization: FidoNet node 1:374/14.0 - Rights On!, Titusville FL Lines: 46 Approved: wtm@bunker.hcap.fidonet.org Index Number: 14929 [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference] > Forgive me for asking... That's o.k., I started it . > Have you found out as to if your brother is due any more $$$$ > from his Workman's Compensation? Texas no longer has a Workman's > Comp law (in which one can sue for $$$ to help with future expenses, > etc.) yet, maybe your state does. I do know that he received some kind of settlement, I think from his company's insurance. He'll get about $35,000 over several years ($500.00 a month). And he'll be covered on insurance for the rest of his life for his back. Other than that, I'm not too clear on the details. He doesn't understand much of it, so I don't get too much detail about what's going on. > (Has an attorney helped you yet?) I had a friend of mine hurt > himself on the job, and he had to sue to get more $$$, because his > workman' comp wasn't sufficient to cover his expenses... Unfortunately, my brother lives in Southern California, which is an extremely litigious area. Because of that he can't find a lawyer to take his case, since no doctors will testify against each other for malpractice in So. Cal. Even though the second doctor who treated him said that he NEVER should have gone back to work. He said any doctor looking at the X-rays should have been able to see that. But now he won't say it in court. So no, he won't be getting any legal help. The last time I talked to him, he said he was just going to drop it, because he was just ready to get on with his life and put this behind him. And without another doctor's testamony, he couldn't get an attorney to represent him anyway. > How old is your brother? He'll be 35 in October. Thanks for your interest and your advice. Leora -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!374!14.0!Leora.Ruggieri Internet: Leora.Ruggieri@p0.f14.n374.z1.fidonet.org