Safety and security

if had a concussion, possible hemorraging and head trauma, why did you not call 911 and vist an ER? Who decided you were well enough to be brought home?

In the end, when you accepted the employer's offer to "drive you back to home town", it is pretty much up to them how they get you there. There's no requirement they get you home a specific way or in a specific time frame that I've ever heard of...maybe someone else hear has more knowledge.

 

If they had someone standing right there in the office at the exact moment that they heard of your accident, and that person had a vehicle all gassed up and ready to go parked right outside, and the weather was fine and the roads were clear and there was no traffic at all between Illinois and Iowa, it would still have taken three and a half hours at best.

Since I doubt that all of those superlatives were true, I don't think six and a half hours is all that unreasonable.

 

I suggest you follow up any medical issues and concerns you encounter by seeking treatment from licensed MDs or DOs in your hometown.

Once you've been treated and are under a physician's care, you should speak with a couple licensed attorneys in your county.

If you are (or were) an employee you should be covered by workers compensation insurance.

You can discuss your workers compensation claim with an Illinois licensed workers comp attorney.

There are plenty of them in Illinois, and the attorney you select will discuss the issue of payment with you.

No need to follow up by posting any of your medical concerns or legal matters on social media, because your business is best kept between you and the licensed professionals you engage to serve you.

 

If your biggest issue is the time rather than non-payment of medical bills and injuries, it happened as it did and there is no recourse. You didn't have to be their #1 priority but if the accident is work-related (and it sounds like it is), a workers comp claim is going to need to be what is filed.

And yes, the employer is well within their rights to drug/alcohol tests and might be required under DOT regulations.

 

This question is way to vague and lacking in context to answer meaningfully.

Your posts indicates no conceivable reason why you wouldn't have called 911 to obtain emergency medical treatment. That's not your employer's responsibility. Moreover, your posts indicate that you did receive medical treatment and were released and did not indicate that you concussion and head trauma were exacerbated by any action or inaction of your employer. Finally, that there was a "possibility of hemeraging [sic]" is meaningless. The law does not award damages for what might have happened.