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Originally Posted by Jo*mar
Just from my own experience with wc and a RSI/TOS injury - mild & manageable now that I'm not working, with expert chiropractic care and my own self care.
I had a so so hard to get a hold of wc atty, and I still got 30k.
the limit for wc atty here is /was 22 or 25% but topped at 5k.
so you might check your state website for details on your % and limits.
I do think if you will need ongoing pain control and injections - 30 k is low low low...
My negotiations was supposed to be a hearing , got there for the hearing and my atty says how about nego for a settlement - he hadn't even discussed anything either way so I was stunned.
He essentially said one of my drs wasn't a very good with the evidence - they had interviewed the wrong dr! and not my ongoing treating dr.. 
So I was more or less messed over , and my atty admitted he had blown a disk and was hurting and on meds so he wasn't up to snuff either.
So I said OK ask for 50k ( thinking - I've been off work for 2.5 yrs already) - always ask for way more than you expect...but not an outrageous amount .
so anyway it ended up at 30 or 32k. atty got 5k of it for not much work...
Run some numbers /scenarios and see what you come up with for totals |
Sooooo......I've been consulting with the lawyers since getting a new pain management doc (who is WONDERFUL btw- FINALLY!). The new doc re-recommended the epidural steroid shots, which believe it or not they agree to pay for! (I go for my first one next week!) And the doctor wrote this long letter for me to my lawyer, recommending the shots, re-recommending a discogram to evaluate for lumbar fusion, re-recommending evaluation for a SCS, - it's VERY good for me this letter ;-) and the lawyer says that "they" (the other side) have not gotten the whole letter yet but were only asked about the shots....but today I get a letter in the mail from the lawyer that "they" are now offering 40k.
Before Christmas, before preparing for the steroid shots, before this letter from the doc, before even having this good pain management doc, I had asked for 40k. mainly because I was struggling to provide for the holidays, and thought if they'd agree quickly, I'd find relief on my own since nothing was being done. NOW, I've got the dr saying I'll need these series of shots, and back to suggestion of surgery, which obviously would cost more than 40k.
So, is 40k reasonable, or do I hold out for more??
Then, if I did agree to the 40k, is that on top of the back pay TTD lump sum that I got last Spring after the judge ordered them to pay me, or do I deduct that TTD amount from 40k and now receive the remainder????
Thanks for any help!