workers comp Permanent impairment?

[JBAE]

As above anyone versed in the subject? and know of or able to calculate the lump sum payout you are entitled to for what ever % of impairment you are left with?

Churzzzz Broooooo!

[Lump]

retirement plan?

[TJ]

I think they call them lawyers.

[JBAE]

yes! thomissss BRILLIANT!!! im going to pay for something i could likely get for free! if i look or ask in the right places!

[TJ]

And you think a car forum full of fuckwits is the place to ask?

[TJ]

Alternatively, I can give you a copy of the workers comp act for you read.

[Brett_J]

You're a Gin, can't you get you get Johnny Cochran for free or something?

[JBAE]

Alternatively, I can give you a copy of the workers comp act for you read. really only after some form of scale ect to try judge a ball park PI payout for a given permanent impairment %

Link me to it anyways ill have a squizzle at it

[TJ]

I dont have a link, I have a hard copy that I can grab at work.

In my old role I worked alongside a Workers Comp expert (20 years) so can ask her.

It is a minefield of figures and clauses etc, hence my advice to ask an expert. As a child watching my old man fight for 3 years to get 30k was interesting.

[JBAE]

yeh nah this isnt a court spec thing unless i make it so there is a set scale or formula for what you can get payed if you are applicable to it and get evaluated and given a % that percentage then will dictate the lump sum figure you will get i can find it for other states and such but as always not the one im after yooo

[TJ]

Just because they scale says x amount doesnt mean you will get offered anywhere near it. Then when courts get involved.

There is a reason these companies have big dollar lawyers on hand.. and it isnt for your benefit.

[Skitzo]

LOL, sif permanently impaired.

[KyeBidz]

Im sure ive read this thread before.

[Tocchi]

your missus seeking compo due to head injuries at work that resulted in her going out with you? :P

[JBAE]

LOL, sif permanently impaired.

tell that to my assessing Dr :)

[JBAE]

along these lines
how ever i think some of this may just be a proposal?

http://www.sisa.net.au/_upload_docs/20081023100751.Scale%20of%20Entitlements%20discuss ion%20paper%20Oct%2008.pdf

[Macca]

tell that to my assessing Dr :)

What is you're neurologists name?

[Brockas]

LOL


Are you going to try to use your abnormally low IQ as a means of getting more compensation?


If you spent as much time working as you did trying to 'beat the system' you'd be a lot better off.

[big o]

nothing like being a boong.

[mys1]

Lol at taking a Permanent impairment payout

You know they put detectives on people who do this just to see how "incapacitated" you really are.

Work for a living, dont work the systems for a living@

[DISTRBD]

Try this guy :)

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[crabman]

I thought about workers comp, still do every now and then, with regards to my back. Its cost me about 80k in lost earnings and medical bills in the last 15 months. But fuck it, I dont want to be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life if I want to take the shopping into the house in one run and carry 10 bags like a boss or pull on a trailer to line it up with a towball.

There is also the fact that I would then be associated with a compo claiming pig, doesn't matter what the situation, you will always be judged with future jobs etc. And I would of judged myself even more than the people interviewing me.

Can I ask waht your injury is??

[SimonR32]

LOL at another cash grab from native!

[fourseven]

Always got a hand out.

[180SXTCY]

hahaha i like where this is going...

1 billion dollar payout from governemtn to the natives not enough for export isit ?

[baz]

And you think a car forum full of fuckwits is the place to ask?
Hahahaha ! One of the best comments ever on here!!! LMAO!!

However , final figure is based on numerous factors, ie How severe injury is , how likley, and to what extent, injury may affect future earnings and capacity to work.
Each case is individually assesed as no two injueies are the same.
As others have stated though it is a long hard road to prove most claims (unless you have lost a leg or something like that). Other half went through it and it took years and she still suffers pain from her wrist/arm injury eight years on.

[TJ]

I thought about workers comp, still do every now and then, with regards to my back. Its cost me about 80k in lost earnings and medical bills in the last 15 months. But fuck it, I dont want to be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life if I want to take the shopping into the house in one run and carry 10 bags like a boss or pull on a trailer to line it up with a towball.

There is also the fact that I would then be associated with a compo claiming pig, doesn't matter what the situation, you will always be judged with future jobs etc. And I would of judged myself even more than the people interviewing me.

Can I ask waht your injury is??

This.

- You will be followed if they doubt you (which they will) Be prepared. Roll into the gym? Game over.

- Employeers are less likely to take on staff with an injury.

[JBAE]

Dude I'm already on workers comp for the ankle it's nearly over the permanent payout lump sum crap is like the final part of it, already been assessed by my workers comp dr and it was his suggestion not mine that I'm eligible for it lah :)

[cplagz]

Of course it's his suggestion, it means he gets paid more and doesn't have to face the repercussions of it.

[skidkid]

Just fucking do it, if you are seriously impaired by an injury you recieved from work then claim away and go do skids in your italian shoebox.

[crabman]

What did you do to your ankle for it to qualify as a permanant disability? Do you feel guilty when you run/jump?? :P

[Macca]

personally i would be deleting anything relevant to exercise on facebook etc. Once you go for a payout you will be investigated to the full and if they find anything is amiss they can force repayment of all compo payouts.

[newbie101]

Its basically the insurance companies way of washing their hands of you. When a claim for workers comp gets accepted, there is a government cap on how much they have to pay out. Permanent impairment just means that they dont want to try and fix it anymore. They will make an offer to you for accepting all future costs etc associated with the injury based on how much of the original amount is left. All the bullshit about you getting followed is exactly that - bullshit. there is not much chance they will be doubting the word of their own doctor. I went through all this with a spine injury a few years back, and if you need to change careers due to the injury, taking control of your own rehab etc is the best way to do it. Even after your payout you will still have access to places like CRS for help with finishing reghab, getting work experience in your new chosen field etc.

[Jizz-Lebrity]

LOL.

Like I said dude, ongoing skinny boong legs that can't lift massive weights in the gym are a genetic flaw, not a work related injury.

[TJ]

All the bullshit about you getting followed is exactly that - bullshit.

LOL.

Say that when you find a guy with a camera in hand in your front yard trying to film you in your back yard.

[-Luke-]

CSB
I know a former cop who is now a private dick (but mostly just a Dick) and 80% of his work is compo claim investigation.

The other 20% is family court work.

/CSB

If the insurance company thinks your sus they will follow you. Yeah they want too wash there hands, but they want too do it for the cheapest possible price.

[ben351]

Ask for PROPER legal advice you dipshit … they will … WILL … investigate so far into your history it’s not funny. Don’t be surprised that just to cover their own arse they don’t already have a private eye watching you now at the Gym, walking to the car or sitting in the jungle using a stick to get ants out of a tree trunk ect ect.

You think an Oil and Gas company as big as they are wont have the BEST legal and insurance teams money can buy … and you expect to go up against them with a Dr’s referral and advice you got off a car forum ?? How you slipped through the evolutionary loop holes has got me fucked. Next time I see you I’m going to check your knuckles for scrape marks because you clearly don’t have the walking upright without falling over thing mastered yet.

This makes about as much sense as your elders pitching tents on parliament house grounds … get a lawyer to deal with it and focus on trying to scam the government to pay your car repayments or something worthwhile !!

p.s Say hi to Alan for me … ask how the Ducati repayments are going

pps xoxoxoxo

[waxdass]

And boom goes the dynamite

[TJ]

Ask for PROPER legal advice you dipshit … they will … WILL … investigate so far into your history it’s not funny. Don’t be surprised that just to cover their own arse they don’t already have a private eye watching you now at the Gym, walking to the car or sitting in the jungle using a stick to get ants out of a tree trunk ect ect.

You think an Oil and Gas company as big as they are wont have the BEST legal and insurance teams money can buy … and you expect to go up against them with a Dr’s referral and advice you got off a car forum ?? How you slipped through the evolutionary loop holes has got me fucked. Next time I see you I’m going to check your knuckles for scrape marks because you clearly don’t have the walking upright without falling over thing mastered yet.

This makes about as much sense as your elders pitching tents on parliament house grounds … get a lawyer to deal with it and focus on trying to scam the government to pay your car repayments or something worthwhile !!

p.s Say hi to Alan for me … ask how the Ducati repayments are going

pps xoxoxoxo

I am going to frame this post at work.

[fourseven]

All the bullshit about you getting followed is exactly that - bullshit.

Bollocks.

A family member does it for a job. Lots of expensive video recording equipment in his car. Poor pingpingpingpings follows people for days at a time looking for a slip up.

[JBAE]

LOL newbie nailed it it's not a workers comp grab, this is the oil and gas workers comp DR that I'm dealing with, it's all part of the process of the workers comp crap to finalise it, not something I've instigated even the insurer has stated that they will likely need to pay me I'm just trying to gauge the sum lah

[Passage GT]

i think someone has been watching shameless haha

[mys1]

I also have a good mate that does it.

Sits in his car all day and night trailing people... pingpingpingping of a job

[-Luke-]

Ask for PROPER legal advice you dipshit … they will … WILL … investigate so far into your history it’s not funny. Don’t be surprised that just to cover their own arse they don’t already have a private eye watching you now at the Gym, walking to the car or sitting in the jungle using a stick to get ants out of a tree trunk ect ect.

You think an Oil and Gas company as big as they are wont have the BEST legal and insurance teams money can buy … and you expect to go up against them with a Dr’s referral and advice you got off a car forum ?? How you slipped through the evolutionary loop holes has got me fucked. Next time I see you I’m going to check your knuckles for scrape marks because you clearly don’t have the walking upright without falling over thing mastered yet.

This makes about as much sense as your elders pitching tents on parliament house grounds … get a lawyer to deal with it and focus on trying to scam the government to pay your car repayments or something worthwhile !!

p.s Say hi to Alan for me … ask how the Ducati repayments are going

pps xoxoxoxo

and that concludes today's episode of tough love with Ben351, stay tuned for more :D

[mys1]

LOL newbie nailed it it's not a workers comp grab, this is the oil and gas workers comp DR that I'm dealing with, it's all part of the process of the workers comp crap to finalise it, not something I've instigated even the insurer has stated that they will likely need to pay me I'm just trying to gauge the sum lah

So they have succesfully done a number of things.

1. Let you believe that its an easy process
2. You carry on life as normal and expect shit to happen
3. They deny your claim as you have proved to be a normal functioning human being.....

but hey whatevs....

[skidkid]

So whats the backstory, how did you fuck your ankle and what implications does it have?

[TJ]

I am going to frame this post at work.

P.S I wasnt joking

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Blaa, despite it all, I kinda almost like you.

So ill sum it up in a way you might be able to make sense.

Workers comp can be alot like a Casino

You see shiny dollar signs, lots of promises of riches, all you have to do is play the game for a bit.

But much like a casino, the system isnt designed for you to win!

[ben351]

LOL ... the best !!!!!

[R3N]

I also have a good mate that does it.

Sits in his car all day and night trailing people... pingpingpingping of a job

Borrow equipment and do stake out outside hot bitchez places?

[KyeBidz]

can't believe this thread is still going. Dont even need a PI to ruin your chances off permanent injury, can destory it in 2 photos.


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Confirmed, not impaired. Find a new scam, like washing windows at traffic lights or something.

[Sebdullah]

3. They deny your claim as you have proved to be a normal functioning human being.....


You are talking about Blaaa here right??

[yeahlow34]

I'm just astounded that someone can be so OPENLY stupid.

[scary]

ok so how many of you have had a worksers comp claim???

Fact - you may be investigated during the treatment and recovery phase to dtermine if the claim is real - this most notably would happen for a non visible injury

Once you have completed all of your treatment and the returned to normal duties ie you are no longer being subsidised by the insurance company to go to work (or lack thereof) and there is a permanent disability, the clearance doctor WILL give a disability rating.

Then you will be offered a figure that is based on that rating - these numbers are fixed by the government.

If you don't like the offer you then have the oppourtunity to knock it back - but this then involves a civil suit against the company (insurance company) in which you would have to prove why your injury was due to negligence, you suffered a great deal of financial loss of mental anguish etc.

For example - I cut off my left index finger many moons ago, my left hand was given a disability rating, then the left side of my body then an overall rating. Payout way back tyhen was goverment prescribed for the overall rating $10,500.00.

Following legal advise and looking at the options as employer negligence was involved, I was informed that the payout on the civil case would be up to $35,000.00 less legal fees and 3 years of time or nothing Guess what? Itook the original offer.

Trying not to sound like someone that is always injuring myself - I am curently having a final test on another hand injury to decide if more surgery is required or not. If not I will again get a disability rating from the surgeon / clearance doctor and the insurance company MUST offer the prescribed payout.

Now these are very cut and dried cases as the injury is visual and straight forward, therefore the disability rating is a non issue.

If you try to persue the case via a civil action then you will be investigated if you are shooting for the stars. If you accept the prescribed payout commiserate with a disability rating taht will be the end of it period.

Do not take a rating or clearance unless you are 100% happy with your recovery and do not expect to improve a great deal in the near future because once signed and accepted ther are no comebacks - this I know from personal experience as I was rushed through (2 years) on my finger amputation and should have waited as I now wish I had further surgery (this all happened 18 years ago)

[Fozzy]

I have also had a payout based on a permanent injury.

I got a second opinion from an independent medical assessor. (Prime Health) and sought advice from a lawyer.

The offer wasnt great but it was enough for me to get out of the situation and move on with life. After about 2.5 years of dealing with it I was happy with the outcome.

I am however stuck with an injury that I will have to live with for the rest of my life. You have to come to the realisation that no amount of money will every compensate you for that.

[MISS 13B]

^^scary's post is pretty much spot on.

1. You WILL be investigated for a long time and going quite far back
2. In order to claim a perm disability payment, you must be able to prove the injury was due to negligence from the employer
3. Your disability rating must be greater than 15%

[JBAE]

BAM ^ again summed up!!!

And KYE in that first pic I appear to be limping favoring the injured left ankle :) loing almost! Second pic isn't me jumping its me entering the pool for physio therapy via dropping in

[DanWA]

scam

[newbie101]

LOL newbie nailed it it's not a workers comp grab, this is the oil and gas workers comp DR that I'm dealing with, it's all part of the process of the workers comp crap to finalise it, not something I've instigated even the insurer has stated that they will likely need to pay me I'm just trying to gauge the sum lah

thats because i went through exactly the same thing you did a few years back. Once THEIR doctor starts talking about percentage of disability, what the hell would be the point of chasing you around with a camera? They are going to waste money on arguing with their own second opinion?
Just make sure you talk to a proper lawyer that is in the game. The difference it made to my final payment was pretty spectacular

[Niva]

http://www.dreamstime.com/dreams-flushing-down-the-toilet-thumb13741383.jpg

[180SXTCY]

ROR

[JBAE]

Newbie and scary what were your impairment % if you don't mind me
Asking?

[Joe]

Ben351 is today's winner!

[newbie101]

15% total for me.
I had 2 operations and was never even questioned by the insurance company, let alone followed with a fkn camera. Lawyer handled the whole deal.

[_S9_]

or sitting in the jungle using a stick to get ants out of a tree trunk ect ect.


Second pic isn't me jumping its me entering the pool for physio therapy via dropping in

two quotes. gold.

[mys1]

15% total for me.
I had 2 operations and was never even questioned by the insurance company, let alone followed with a fkn camera. Lawyer handled the whole deal.

I doubt you would have known if you had been investigated

[scary]

Newbie and scary what were your impairment % if you don't mind me
Asking?

22% for the amputation but the scale is very strange - and at the time I was left hand dominant - following the incident I am now right hand dominant

[ben351]

My brother in law got 12k for losing the finger tip ( to the first joint ) of his middle finger.

[RGVFAST]

Mate got 300k for having his leg so badly broken the foot is now fused in one position.

[skidkid]

Mate got 300k for having his leg so badly broken the foot is now fused in one position.

That is going to fuck you up for life though

[RGVFAST]

300k and a Killer pimp limp.

[180SXTCY]

i dont give a fuck how much money they're willing to give, id much rather all my limbs and body functioning nomally so i can live a normal life.

no point having a shit load of cash if your stuck in a wheel chair or bed for the rest of your life.

[newbie101]

except when said shitload of cash lets you get the fuck out of the workshop and retrain as a drafty :D

[scary]

i dont give a fuck how much money they're willing to give, id much rather all my limbs and body functioning nomally so i can live a normal life.

no point having a shit load of cash if your stuck in a wheel chair or bed for the rest of your life.


I dunno my wife quite likes my stumpy tickler...I mean finger

[JasonSS]

3 Years ago i fell out of a elevated work platform.. 2 meters to the floor, landed on the heals of my feet.

Compressed my spine popped 2 discs, had spinal surgery and i a DIAM stabilizer in my back (few rods, pins) along with 2 prosthetic discs.. lost alot of power in my right leg, off work for a year

Whole body impairment was scaled to 15% this came to be like 85K payout, or i could of went the long way and got 300 to 500 with 3 to 4 years of no work.

Along with the 85k, work offered me a better position as a supervisor, car, phone, ect ect and 15k more a year.. Lawyer warned me that in 2 years they will lay me off

FKN BAM 2 years 3 working days later i was made redundant. pingpingpingpings! lol

What everyone has said in here is right, you will be watched if they think your taking the piss, missing appointments, fucking up your return to work program.

If your genuinely fucked up from work you will be compensated, not enough but you'll get something.. i wish i dint have the injury tho id give all the money back in a heartbeat!

[caibs]

was it questioned that you weren't wearing a harness on a ewp mate?

[SSICK]

if you fell out of an EWP you are a fucking idiot. Harness???

[protecon]

It's reasons like these that make my industry harder - it's not made "safer", it's just made harder for dumb shits to hurt themselves.

[JasonSS]

HAHAHA yeah well i will clarify.. it was a old old shitter of a thing, like really old, something that i never actually thought id have to use! i did make a complaint to the foreman before using it, which helped.

Harness was on, was pissing down with rain, unhooked, opened the door, and fell/slipped.. the platform was 7.5 ft from the floor, top step was fucked, missed the second = fucked back.

No excuse im still a retard, BUT there was no grip tape on any step, the top step was bent in and down, was wet as fuck and waallaaaaa accidents happen lol

So FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Denver]

This whole thread reminds me of this

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[Socrates]

Just watched that and Wog boys 2 now
so many laughs

[JBAE]

And may I add FCUK Y'ALL :D :D :D

[JBAE]

And to those having dealt with this before please if you could PM me so I can pick your brains and what not would be appreciated, as I'm undecided if I'm to accept their initial offer as yet.

[ben351]

Just take it you fucking native or go and camp in tent embassy on Herrison island with the rest of you cousins and uncles.

This has turned out to be like the tv show Lost ... at first everyones captivated by it and it does enough to be mentioned at the water cooler the next day at work, people have an opinion on what should happen next ... then after a while it becomes too predictable and people start to lose interest as the incoherent ramblings of a madman with no clue stranded on an island of no hope become too much to stomach ... by the end of it you are so frustrated by the mere thought of watching it you resort to watching The Bachelor reruns

[JBAE]

Nothing beats busting a load over a turd you just layed in the toilet either...

[EVLO]

question, will accepting and taking a payout mean you'll have 'compo claimer' follow you for the rest of your working life? Would this make it near on impossible to get another good paying job in the resources industry?

Be worth weighing it up if that be the case imo...

[JBAE]

No and no been on workers comp for near on the last 12 months and already have other work lined up FIFO

[ben351]

Which means you lied on your application because NO COMPANY would employ someone with an open Compo Claim. Have fun trying to keep that a secret hahahaha

[JBAE]

Haven't lied on anything yet dear :)

[ben351]

Yes you have – every company has its own paperwork that you have to fill out prior to mobilisation. Every company has this … and in the paperwork every company has a Health section. In it will be a question worded like this … “ Have you ever claimed a Workers Compensation for any reason ? “

Now if you answer NO to this prior to having your case finalised to get up on site you are breaching the Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act which states - if it is proved that a worker, at the time of seeking or entering employment, willfully and falsely represents him/herself as not having previously suffered an injury, an arbitrator may use his/her discretion to refuse to award compensation which otherwise would be payable).

If you Answer YES to this question – you will have to give details of the injury – being that you have broken a bone, namely your ankle, and would be a risk of reinjuring easy by any means of rolling it or a simple strain – no company in their right mind would employ you as you pose an ongoing medical / injury risk.

And if by some miracle, or most likely dodgy acts that the company your currently employed by, you manage to land a job without going through the paperwork process then god help you and the company you work for if you ever injure yourself down the track and it all comes out in an investigation.

Now surely you would know this being the superstar HSE Advisor you are ??

[JBAE]

As I said nothing has been lied about yet :) hell even monos were going to take me on along as I had the DR final report

[stumps.]

claws are out

[ben351]

Doctors report means you are currently fit to resume work duties of that nature.

You will still be asked that question when you have to fill out paperwork. You will not be sent to any site without having to fill out paperwork. Its just how it goes. How you answer that question will still relate to my above post.

Doctors clearance or not - legally you have to disclose you still have an open Compo Claim.

[JasonSS]

I had to get a clearance from the doctor, and sign a waiver for the lower spine to get another job.. just means i hurt the same spot, its on me. Simple

[ben351]

Yep - my point is ... he has to disclose he has an open claim if he takes on work prior to it being resiolved.

[JBAE]

Yeh alls good i under stand that and wont be lying on any documents ect dr has signed me off for full duties and shit alls that Is left is a few signatures and I'm done but just making sure what I'm doing with this offer they have made if I accept or decline

[EVLO]

so you are confident the company will still hire you once you tell them you have an open compo claim/ settled for a payout?

[JBAE]

Yeh man they are aware as I said even monodelphous was also and were still keen

[ben351]

LOL - esssssssssssssaclly.

Good luck, go with Mono's if they have promised you work because i know for a FACT no HSE Dept in their right mind, would clear you for work in the company.

Perth is a small place - would only take one phone call to find out the story behind your claim if they really wanted to. Soon as they hear drinking whilst on standown and broke ankle after a slip - you got about as much chance of getting a job as TJ has getting a root tonight for Valentines day.

Sometimes thinking ahead helps :) $5 Coronas or a full time high paying Oil Rig job ... you choose !!!

[TJ]

you got about as much chance of getting a job as TJ has getting a root tonight for Valentines day

Id win, cos I could at least bribe myself into a root.

Well, I could if I had money.

Maybe.

[JBAE]

Lol wrong stand down :) $5 coronas were the cyclone evac prior yo!

[ben351]

Face.

Palm.

[Riggs]

I don't understand why you would go so much effort for a compo claim.

It sticks with you for life and will ruin many prospects you might come across. I will put my left nut on the fact that in 10 years time you will deeply regret all this shit if you go through with it.

Here's an idea, stop living in the now, stop looking for a stupid get rich quick scam and focus all that time and fucking about into securing a well paying, stable job that you can count on.

[JBAE]

Dude compo
Claim has been open since the day of injury, it's a default thing not something that has to be pursued none of the
Above is it's all part of a process even the payout at the end is part of it I didn't even know anything about it until it was told I would be likely getting one by the companies Dr

[suburban]

dude if you try and rort the system, ill fucking dob you in

no wonder premiums are high. Put my taxes to something worthwhile, not fucking dodgy pingpingpingpings

this thread stinks of rort

[Brockas]

dude if you try and rort the system, ill fucking dob you in

no wonder premiums are high. Put my taxes to something worthwhile, not fucking dodgy pingpingpingpings

this thread stinks of rort

Dude, quiet! A coon injured himself and so far we haven't had to give him any land as compensation. Be thankful!

[suburban]

aint the pingpingpingpings mobbing that fucking island or some shit ?

haha

[fourseven]

LOL is that how BLAAA really injured himself? Pissed and slipped?

[JBAE]

Lol no tisnt the if I was drunk it fucking likely wouldn't have happend for once was trying to do the right thing and bail back to room to sleep as we were meant to be mobilised the next day back to rig and stepped on a declining. Drainage area in poor lighting with a recessed manhole cover it and rolled ankle and ligaments went le pop! Game set match

[JBAE]

dude if you try and rort the system, ill fucking dob you in

no wonder premiums are high. Put my taxes to something worthwhile, not fucking dodgy pingpingpingpings

this thread stinks of rort

And no prince fucksticle ankle got busted on work time.... Ankle got left to try heal normally for 6ish months to save money I can only assume... Ankle was still shit... Ankle got reconstructed... Ankle is now not normal ankle... As proven and evaluated by the drilling companies OWN Dr not some one I've gone out n found.... This is near on 12 months later and workers comp was a given no questions asked as it was on works time ect no grey areas.. Now it's payout time as the process goes they made an offer..... Offer is ok.... But doesn't even cover the $$$ I missed In lost earnings.... So likely contest it and get more all pending on lawyers advice.... If not then I'll take the offer and it's a dardy little account fluffer or house deposit

[Butcher]

The system is setup to discourage people from going down this path hence why their figure doesnt match lost income, retraining and future expenses.
This is so we dont end up like america.
I just got out of the system after 3 years and would not recommend the process at anyone if they can avoid it.
I lost a career path that id sunk 10yrs into and factoring in lost income, legal rep for the 3 yrs,personal medical reports from top tier surgeons and psyc, $50+k surgery it cost to fix me up after plus all the other bits and pieces i ended up well well behind. I was +25% dis with video evidence and elite reports confirming the situation. Expect the worst when you bring in the lawyers as they will be expecting it and i would be fairly confident that they will drag it out as long as possible to sink you financially so you end up spending as much on fighting it as what the payout is. The kicker is if the two parties cant reach a settlement and it goes to court you are liable for the cost of bringing the case to court and some of their legal costs if your case deemed greedy and finds in favour of the insurer. They are in the business of getting their client out of large settlements so expect a fight.


Speak to them directly and discuss possibility of a tad extra without lawyers.