Lately, we have been coming across cases where we haven’t been able to help an injured worker because they have quit their job after being hurt.
We understand how frustrating it is when an employer or insurance company will not cooperate, or you are sent to a company doctor who will not listen to you. You are hurt and the doctor is sending you back to work when you know you are really in severe pain and you have no business working. So in frustration, you just quit your job and hope for the best.
But injured workers need to understand that just because they are hearing the job numbers in the U.S. are up and there is low unemployment, that does not mean the worker can “have his cake and eat it too,” by simply quitting his job after a serious injury. When the injured worker quits, he does irreparable damage to his chances of obtaining a fair recovery for his workers compensation claim.
You simply cannot quit the job you were hurt on and then expect to have a decent workers compensation claim.
In this video, workers compensation attorney Joe Miller explains why you should NEVER quit your job after an on-the-job injury. Read the full video transcription here.
If you or a loved one were hurt on the job in either Virginia or North Carolina, please call us at 888-694-1671 or use our online form.
