Mike46
New Member
I have had 3 different work comp. cases all involving hernias, 3 different sugery's, The first one I had the services of a Lawyer to get a final settlement to close the case, after having a FCE done and getting a rating of 9% whole body we finally settled out of court with the company I work for. Now I have had an addition 2 hernia's since then that are work related and the company has paid all the bills but they do not want to settle or have not offered to settle. I told them that since the hernia's simailar that I would be willing to use the previous rating of 9% and not add any addition FCE testing and doctor bills that they would be liable to pay. They rejected my offer and said they don't have any rating to go by so they can't settle the case. They contacted my surgeon and he does not give out ratings so now I am wondering how to proceed. There is always the risk that if you have an FCE that information from it can be used against you to try and get you removed from your job, even though I am still working full time. I am not asking for $$$$ mega bucks I just want to close the cases and receive a fair settlement for my disablity and future lost of earnings if I was to loose my job. They put the ball back in my court so I don't know where to go from here.