Re: MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

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On 4/03/08, JOEL SANDOVAL wrote:
> HELLO! I DESPERATELY NEED ADVICE IN CALIFORNIA PLEASE!
> HELP! LET ME JUST SAY IN ADVANCE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL
> YOUR WONDERFUL HELP YOU PROVIDE IN THIS SITE. IT'S GREATLY
> APPRECIATED FROM MY SIDE,GOD BLESS. WELL, I HAVE BEEN
> SUFFERING WITH MY CASE FOR 8 YEARS NOW .SINCE MY BACK
> INJURIES ON MAY OF 2000. I WAS 35 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME,
> BEEN THROUGH PHYSICAL THERAPY,ENDOSCOPY TESTS,SPINE
> EPIDERAL INJECTIONS, MRI'S, ACCUPUNCTURE TREATMENTS YOU
> NAME IT I'VE BEEN THERE.I HAVE TWO DISC PROTUSIONS.
> EXTREMELY BAD SCIATICA PAIN GOING DOWN MY LEG ON A DAILY
> BASIS. MY DOCTORS RECOMENDED SURGERY A COUPLE OF TIMES,
> BUT MY DESISION IS TO DECLINE DUE TO THE RATE OF
> UNSUCCESSFUL SURGERIES PERFORMED. I'VE DEVELOPED STOMACH
> ULCERS DUE TO PAIN MEDICATION FOR THE PASSED 2 TO 3 YEARS
> AND SEVERE DEPRESSION AS A RESULT AS THE YEARS HAD PASSED.
> ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I WAS OFFERED TO SETTLE FOR $32.000 BY
> THE I.C. WICH I DID NOT AGREED WITH. THE JUDGE RULED 29&37;
> DISABLED. AFTER THE JUDGE RULED ON MY FAVOR,I DID NOT
> RECEIVE ANY MONEY FOR COMPENSATION OR BACK PAY OR
> ANYTHING.THE JUDGE DIDN'T TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE
> RESULTS FROM STOMACH TESTS OR THE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION
> WHICH ARE STILL VERY REAL TILL THIS DATE. AS YOU CAN SEE
> MY LIFE IT HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN WITH NEGATIVE
> OUTCOMES. MY SAVED MONEY IS ALL GONE.I NEED TO PAY OVER
> $11.000 TO RELATIVES. NOW MY LAWYER SENT ME A LETTER, A
> FEW MONTHS AGO STATING THAT HE CAN NO LONGER REPRESENT ME,
> THAT IT'S NOT ON HIS BEST INTEREST TO DO SO ANYMORE.THAT
> IS SOMETHING I DID NOT EXPECT AT ALL IT WAS DEVASTATING
> FOR ME, NOW WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP TO FOLLOW I QUESTIONED
> MYSELF AND NOW I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM W.C.
> STATING... NOTICE OF HEARING MANDATORY SETTLEMENT
> CONFERENCE FOR 04-10-08.MY QUESTION IS IF MY LAWYER IS NO
> LONGER REPRESENTING ME WHY IS HE SENDING ME A LETTER
> SAYING THAT MY PRESENCE WILL NOT BE NECESSARY? I DON'T
> UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THIS MEANS. MY LAWYER'S ASSISTANT
> WILL NOT GIVE ME STRAIGHT ANSWERS, DID HE ALREADY ARRANGE
> SOMETHING WITH I.C. WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE? PLEASE I
> DESPERATELY NEED YOUR ADVICE I AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. HAVE A GREAT
> DAY. GOD BLESS.

Joel...I personally would appear and inform the judge whats
going on and why your atty isn't handling your case anymore.
Most likely is cause you are declining the medical options. I
am going on 5 yrs and am at the point of settlement. The
defense side has me at 10% and my side has me at 66% lol..so
thats just a game. A suggestion, have you applied for SS
Disability? That is an option. It takes a while..2 denials
and then an atty will represent you in court...I was granted
it while in my hearing. You can get back pay from that, but
the settlemnt you recieve from WC is all you get..no back pay.