The plaintiff in the case has been
identified as Lisa Petricka, a former law enforcement officer who was
terminated. In the lawsuit, she alleges that she was not paid or compensated
for an on duty injury that she suffered. Furthermore, she also makes
allegations about being mistreated post her firing from her department when she
raised her voice and tried to stand up for herself about her compensation, as
reported by southernminn.com.
Well did she have a temper tantrum in
the middle of the office in the middle of the working day? That is not going to
work!
As per the allegations in the legal complaint,
Petricka was inflicted with a workplace injury in September 2013 and
consequently filed a workers’ compensation claim. The lawsuit
has not yet actually been filed against the city as Petricka and her worker’s
compensation lawyer await the completion of the arbitration process.
As of now, the drafted lawsuit alleges
that despite the workers’ compensation policies in the city mandating that
injured workers were paid through workers’ compensation and their regular work
income in approximately the net pay that the worker earned while on vacation
and sick leave would continue as per standard company policies, this is not
what happened in the case of Petricka at all.
Revision in City Workers’ Compensation
Police came a Month after Worker was Injured
The paychecks that were handed to her
did not comply by these standards and the amounts on these checks were nowhere
close to the compensation plus Petricka’s normal wages. When questioned,
Petricka was told that the workers compensation policy was revised in November
2013 where an injured worker would have to use accrued paid time off to
supplement the workers’ compensation instead of being provided with the
difference from the city itself and so Petricka would continue to be
compensated under this plan.
However, there was one problem, the
policy was introduced in November yet Petricka’s injury causing work incident
occurred in September. Her worker’s compensation attorney is of the opinion
that technically she falls under the policy that existed prior to the amendment
and should continue to be compensated in that plan.
The lawsuit also accused the city
officers of retaliation where they questioned Petricka about her workers’
compensation claim and then gave her an unfounded poor performance review when
she expressed that she intended to pursue litigation to settle the workers
compensation issue. Her worker’s compensation lawyer says that this is direct
evidence of retaliation and the lawsuit will seek compensatory damages for this
too.
Postal Worker Sentenced to Six Month
Imprisonment in Workers Compensation Scam
CBS Local reports that Maria Chmielewski
acquired as much as $200,000 in workers compensation by pretending to have
panic attacks. It now looks like she finally has something to really panic
about after she was found out and sentenced to six month imprisonment and
instructed to pay retribution too.
Lying normally backfires. Very unimpressive
behavior. Like Megatron said in Transformers 2 to his little young Decepticons,
do not get greedy!
If
you or someone you know have been injured in a work related accident
and you are having a difficult time in getting your company or employer to
oblige by the workers compensation policy in effect, the only way you can get
the money you deserve is by suing them. Call a worker’s compensation lawyer
right away.
If you are an honest person and your
claim is genuine you need to go right here: Workers-Comp.USAttorneys. The best way to
find yourself the legal help you need is via that digital tool. That website
was built for people who were not being treated right by the system.
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