Re: Workmans comp Lawyer or Personal Injury?

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Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
Lake Charles, LA
(337) 478-6126; FAX (337) 478-9933

On 8/31/05, Confused wrote:
> I fell over some cardboard boxes left on the floor in the
> breakroom at work. I did fillout an incident report and
> do have a witness. I didn't go to the Dr righ away
> because I felt I just had a sprain. A month later I
> continued to have pain (worse). I asked my mgr if there
> was a particular clinic that I should use. She said I
> could go to any Dr I chose. I got an xray using my own
> ins which is through my husbands job. The HR Mgr called me
> and left a voice mail message saying not to use my own Dr,
> use one of theirs. Since their was nothing broken I
> figured my injury would improve. 3 weeks went by with my
> condition getting worse. I got fired for not meeting my
> quota. 2 days after my termination I went to their Dr as
> she (the HR Mgr). I had another xray (approx2.5 months
> after my fall), the Dr said the xray was okay but he need
> to do some further test. Long story short. My former job
> would not approve any further test. Finally (6 after my
> fall I went to my own Dr. I have to have surgery, I have
> to also have pins in my bone due to it shifting. The Dr
> said that if I had surgery within 3 mos of my injury I
> would still had needed surgery but no pins, because my
> bone would not have had time to start shifting. Now, all
> that to ask should I have contacted a PI Lawyer or
> Workmans Comp Lawyer?