Re: Knee Injury

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On 4/10/06, M'sta Mikey wrote:
> On 4/07/06, Mike wrote:
>> On 4/04/06, Kathleen wrote:
>>> My son injured his knee unloading truck at Walmart two
>>> weeks ago. He tore his miskus (speeling ?) and tore his
>>> cartliage. His repair surgery was set for next Monday.
>>> When we went to the workmans comp Dr. yesterday the Dr.
>>> called him later and told him he was releasing him from
>>> Workmans comp and all further expenses would come out of
>>> his pocket. He despartly needs the surgery, the cartliage
>>> contiues to rip. Anyone have any ideas of what to do
>>> next? At this time he does not have medical insurance.
>>
>
> You should be asking these questions of your Workers Comp
> attorney; if you don't have one, you need to get one ASAP.
It's
> the only way you're going to get anywhere.

Mike, we are in CO. Also, did contact an attorney. What a way
to have to take care on the issue. The attorney informed my son
to schedule the surgery and he will take care of all the paper
work. He is scheduled. But, am I missing something here? Why
does a person have to hire an attorney to complete the claim?