Re: How long ?

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On 4/20/07, Shawn Hernandez wrote:
> Ok here the deal i was at work,I work @ a prison.I was
> doing maintenance of an electric fence when i felt a
> little wierd. I stood up and went to stroke the tingling
> out of my leg, and then it started to happen my whole body
> started to stiffen up and felt like it was getting
> shocked.I called to a friend i thought i was having a
> stroke and blacked out.I went to the grounds hospital and
> then to the ER in the city where i stayed till 730 @
> night .Now here is the wierd part they said they could not
> find anything wrong with me and had me fill out some
> workmans comp stuff there from the hospital i guess so
> they could get thier money for the ride and room..I called
> work a few days later and talked to a few people and found
> out that a supervisor was telling everyone while i was
> down not to worry that this happens all the time to me as
> one of my family members told him so, a complete lie.well
> heres my point no one filed a accident report a workmans
> comp claim from work untill i called and spoke to the
> workmans comp lady she told that someone should have
> started that for me since i was told not to go back to
> work and not to drive.this took nine days before anything
> even got started.Now i can't sleep and wonder where my
> monies are going to come from to support my family.I feel
> like the supervisors of thi facility were neglagent with
> my life not following up.What can i do??

You have 2 months to file a claim.. Your work will have the
forms, or they have them on the internet. The key is your
employer had to be notified