• I am 60 years old. I had my meniscus in my knee messed up at work. It was covered by Workers comp. My employer was not happy. I was out for 6 weeks and when I came back I was laid off. I later came back for two days a week. My knee is better not much pain as long as I take it easy but I will never run or play games again. There is going to be a settlement. Should I get an attorney?
• I was injured while working at the local casino and have been told there is nothing I can do to sue them. Two slot machines fell off a jack and hit me in the back and landed on my legs - 750 pounds that threw me down pretty hard. The entire accident is on video and they have written statements etc where people admitted to not properly bolting the machines together as they should’ve been. I keep hearing the word soventry. Can I sue the casino? Is this a federal case? Please let me know what options I may have or who I can talk to for help.
• I fell down stairs at work and was injured. I missed 4 days of work. Everything has healed except the nerves in my bottom lip. I went to specialist and was told that it would not heal. My question is since this is a permanent condition can I receive compensation if it happened in the state of Tennessee?
• My wife went out on workers comp almost 3 years ago. Workers comp settled with her after 16 months. She was let go from her job. When she applied for unemployment, they denied her because she had no working income for 18 months. What can she do to collect unemployment? her employer let her go after she came off workers comp.
• Am I entitled to compensation because I was injured on a Nashville job lifting pipe and restricted to light duty of 5 lbs but my employer still has me lifting above my restrictions and still under doctors care.
• I tore my rotator cuff at work and now they don't want to pay for the doctors visit and I can't go to the specialist and get it taken care of until the office sends a note. I don't have any other insurance to cover it and if workers comp won't it'll have to come out of my pocket.
• My daughter was injured at work, on a dairy farm, and she was not covered by Workers' compensation. I understand that the employer told the hospital that they had an "agricultural exemption" from carrying a policy. I am not so worried about the current injury "probably" two broken fingers, $103 in medical costs so far, but what if she were to be severly injured sometime in the future? When she goes back to work, I want them to be carrying a workers' compensation policy IF they are bound to do so. She really likes her job and I am not interested in making them pay over and above, just her current medical bills from the injury sustained at work and any portion of her wages they would be bound to pay her while she is off, if they are bound to do so. What I have found in the Worker's Disability Compensation Act is confusing to me. The farm has one or two employees that work full time for hourly wage and around 7 or 8 others that work part time for hourly wages, including several children. Is it likely that they are bound to carry a Workers' Compensation policy, and how would I find out for sure without initiating a law suit? She loves her job milking cows, feeding the babies, and helping the moms deliver their babies.
• I have recently had a favorable decision in a Workers Compensation Case. I was paid a settlement amount, within the restrictions of Workers Compensation. The question is this - do I still have a case, like pain and suffering? I was injured in a lifting accident, with no hoist available for the job, and over years, hurt my back eventually, and had to have immediate surgery. I am 55 yrs. old, and now retired. Please let me know where this stands.
• On June 1st my husband and I were in our company vehicle together returning from lunch/running errand. As we were pulling into our employer’s driveway, we were rear ended at 50 mph full speed. Other driver confessed to not putting attention to road. Immediately following the accident on June 2nd we received a phone call from the insurance company offering my husband and I 1500.00 each for some kind of fee, and if we signed off on the accident. WE declined it. Our Company vehicle had $14,000.00 damage, which her insurance company paid for. I went to a Workers comp clinic because it happened during work hours a few times because of shoulder pain, lower back pain, and tingling on both of my legs, which I never had till the next day after the accident. I felt uncomfortable at the WC clinic during therapy, so I stopped going. I still have tingleness on my upper legs but unsure of what my rights are and what else I should be doing. My husband dealt with his lower back pain for 2 weeks on his own. We did not miss work. We just bought a hot tub to help with our end of the day discomfort, I think due to the accident. Do I have to stick to a Workers comp case because it happened during work hours and we were in a company vehicle?
  
  
  
  
  

   

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