Posted by Jennifer Childers on 12/15/06

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My husband was involved in an accident while unloading
freight at a Dollar General. This was part of his
responsibility as a truck driver for this route. The
freight had shifted and hit him in the head and knocked
him out of the truck onto the concret parking lot. He
woke up later in the ER. When he was released, his
compnay chewed him out for not finishing his route and
then refused to escort him home after the Drs said that he
could not drive and had to be waken up every hour when he
slept. Though, they were able to send a driver to get the
remainder of his load. He had to drive from IL to SW MO
on his own.

He was on WC for about 5 months and then they dropped him
without reason. We then found out through our attorney
that it was because his employer said they offered him a
desk job and he never responded. We were never notified
of this for one, two, he would have to move over 300 miles
away from his family and 3 kids and live there in a
hotel. This was all 3 years ago.

We have had an attorney for the whole 3 years and have
barely seen any progression in our case. My husband has
permanent damage in his brain because he suffered from a
concussion and now can no longer drive a truck.

Now, our attorney is changing careers and is refering us
to another firm for our WC case. Now I amafraid our
statue of limitations is up since it has been so long.
The company is located in Omaha, NE and we are in
Anderson, MO.

Please let me know what you think we should do. No one in
our area will look at it since this claim crosses the
state line.

Workmans Comp dropped while still injured, 12/15/06, by Jennifer Childers.

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