A Chicago city worker Reginald Williams
Sr. has been denied surgery to alleviate pain caused from an injury that occurred
in 2013 while he was on duty for Department of Transportation. The decision to
deny such medical treatment has turned several heads and has attracted
attention to this workers compensation case, as reported by chicagodefender.com. But there are many
other people who believe the decision was correct.
Why did he not report this three years
ago?
According to Williams’ workers
compensation lawyer, the decision is appalling especially considering that Williams
worked for the Department of Transportation for 20 years but to the opposition,
Williams is healthy and should stop trying to game the system. Allegedly,
Williams was travelling as a passenger in an 18-wheeler city rig when its
driver misjudged the height of a viaduct and smashed the top portion of the rig
into the viaduct. All occupants of the rig were injured in the crash and an
ambulance had to be dispatched right away.
Williams was then asked to go consult
doctors that were part of Chicago city’s workers compensation network and then
soon afterwards, in fact from the same month as the accident, Williams began
receiving workers compensation benefits on a monthly basis.
DOT
Workers Monthly Benefits Cut off despite Him not having Fully Recovered
After 23 months of receiving workers
compensation benefits, Williams’ benefits were cut off after the
doctor’s declaration that he was not fully remediated and could go back to full
capacity work without any restrictions. However, Williams certainly did not
feel so and hired a legal pro to look into the details of the case and see what
legal options he had open to him.
When the legal representative failed to
make any progress, Williams fired him and appointed a second workers’
compensation attorney whom he fired too because even the second lawyer could
not make any substantial progress in the case. The writing is on the wall Williams,
you have to go back to work!
Williams still questions how it makes
sense for any doctor, let alone a specialist in workers injury cases, to
declare a man who is still on the most powerful pain killer medication on the
market to go back to full capacity work in an unrestricted manner. Well, is
someone addicted to this pain killer?
If you hurt on the job you have the
right to be compensated. When you are healthy and can work again wonderful but
meanwhile you have bills to pay and you must survive. You did everything your
employer told you to do, went through the training and everything, and you are
still finding it difficult to receive worker’s comp? You need to go right here:
Workers-Comp.USAttorneys. Someone needs to set someone else straight! Contact us
if you have too – no problem. We will call you back that same day.
Former
Santa Clara Police Officer Sentenced to Jail in Workers Compensation Fraud Case
Kron4.com reports that 40 year old Mark
Samuel Navarrete has been slapped with a 120 day prison sentence but may serve
this time out of custody via electronic monitoring after he was convicted of
workers compensation fraud. Navarrete had allegedly filed a frivolous workers’
compensation claim in 2015 where he claimed to have become injured during an
office softball game with several co-workers.
You should not get injured trying to
field a ground ball right at you. What part of this game was too rough for you?
Now if someone slid hard into and blew your ankle or knee up then that is
something to talk about.
Apart from the prison sentence,
Navarrete will also have to pay back close to $22,880 as restitution.
Initially, Navarrete pleaded not guilty
to a felony for making and presenting a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim,
but then changed his plea to no contest only last month.
If you have been injured
at the workplace and need to be compensated for this injury and are
having a hard time dealing with your employer, we urge you to talk to a worker’s
compensation lawyer as soon as possible.
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