Re: workmans comp

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On 8/05/09, brooksee2 wrote:
> My son hurt himself on the job July 22nd. On the morning
> of July 23rd he went to his employer and filled out the
> paperwork for workman's comp. To his understanding they
> were filing the paperwork for him and that he could go to
> the doctors and they would bill workman's comp.
> Well just today he went to see a specialist and they sent
> him to physcial therpary.
> The physcial therpary office called him this afternoon and
> told him that workman's comp was never filed and that they
> will not accpet payment straight from the company. This
> also means that he is not getting paid thru workman's comp
> for his time off work.
> Does he have any stand against them if he was to get an
> attorney?
It is against the law for the Employer not to have filed the
workmans comp report,they have only a few days,after your
son filled out the report.I hope he has a copy,if not,he can
return to work and ask for another form to fill out,and they
must send him to a workmans comp Doctor, and he needs to
keep track of everything,dates and what the Doc,says, Good
Luck,