Re: can anyone point me in the right direction????????

Author Subject: Re: can anyone point me in the right direction????????
JOANNIE B. Posted At 06:11:41 02/25/2000
KIM,
I WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH KAY, DON'T GIVE UP! IT IS HARD, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET WHAT THE LAW SAYS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO, IT JUST TAKES PATIENCE AND PERSERVERENCE!

YOU SOUND LIKE SOMEONE THAT COULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IF WE ALL STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, AND SHINE A LIGHT ON THE UNDERHANDED TACTICS USED BY THE WORKERS COMPENSATION SYSTEMS IN ALL 50 STATES, THINGS WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE.

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE LIKE YOU, WE THOUGHT THAT THE HORROR STORIES WE HAD HEARD WERE EXAGERATED, AND BELIEVED L&I DID PROVIDE THE COVERAGE WE ARE LED TO BELIEVE THEY DO. AFTER 2 YEARS OF AGRIVATION, AND FRUSTRATION, WE FINALLY HIRED AN ATTORNEY. HE WROTE 2 LETTERS AND GOT OVER $9,300.00 OF THE LOST WAGES OWED TO MY HUSBAND. IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY AVOID INVOLVING AN ATTORNEY, DO! 30% OF THE BENEFITS THEY RECOVER FOR YOU PUTS A VERY LARGE DENT IN AN ALREADY INADEQUATE COMPENSATION AMOUNT. LEARN ABOUT THE LAWS THAT GOVERN THE WORKERS COMP. SYSTEM IN YOUR STATE, YOU CAN FIND THEM ON THE WEB, USUALLY AT THE STATE GOVERNMENT SITE UNDER RCW's. I ALSO PURCHASED THE DEPARTMENTS CLAIM MANAGERS MANUAL AND WCA MANUAL SO I COULD CHECK THEIR ACTIONS AGAINST THE OFFICIAL POLICY, THEY FAILED TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN RULES MORE OFTEN THAN NOT!

DON'T GIVE IN, THAT IS WHAT THEY COUNT ON, STARVING YOU OUT AND FORCING YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT EFFECTIVELY NULLIFYS YOUR CLAIM.

GOOD LUCK!
JOANNIE B.


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