Comments on: FITSNews Exclusive – Pigs At The Personal Injury Lawyer Trough

By: What the ####?

What the ####? — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:08:27 +0000

By No name on October 27th, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Uh, Gillon, they are not elected by the leg, they are appointed by the Gov.
You left out this: They are appointed by the Governor but the worker’s comp comms. are recommended and approved by the senate, by law.

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By: What?

What? — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:29:33 +0000

Baked,

Thanks for calling me a dumbass and enlightening everyone with your wisdom. Oh and by the way your screenname is friggin “baked.” This cooking is a bit rich isn’t it? Maybe you shouldn’t hit the bong until after you write.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:46:12 +0000

Who pays the premium is a moot point, similarly who pays the premium for life insurance?

By: david whetsell

david whetsell — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:58:28 +0000

If you keep electing them you are going to get what you have been getting.

By: Wallace

Wallace — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:59:21 +0000

Who pays the premium for workers comp? The employee or employer?

By: John Q Public

John Q Public — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:11:18 +0000

The WC system was set up for two reasons: (1) to protect the employees by guaranteeing payment when injured on the job; and (2) to insure the employers against lawsuits when their fault causes the injuries, sometimes traumatic, to the employees by capping compensation and limiting litigation. As part of the deal, the employer (via the Carrier) gets the choice of treating physicians, thereby giving them the opportunity to opt for physicians with a history of conservative impairment ratings, whenever possible. The employee loses the right to pursue compensation for pain-and-suffering, disfigurement, and other damages, and their spouses lose the right to pursue compensation whatsoever for their loss of consortium. Wow, you are right, what a system set up unfavorably in the favor of the employees and claimants’ lawyers!

In the research I have conducted, a substantial portion of the people who retain WC attorneys do so because of the following reasons: (1) their employer is trying to strong-arm them into not pursuing a claim; (2) their employer is trying to strong-arm them into not seeking treatment, or filing it under the private insurance as a non-job related accident; (3) the WC Carrier is not paying temporary disability like they are supposed to; (4) the WC Carrier is paying less than they should; (5) the WC Carrier is refusing to provide necessary treatment or authorize medical procedures authorized by the treating physician (who, by the way, is hand-picked by the carrier); and (6) the WC Carrier is offering subtantially less compensation for the employee’s disability than the employee deserves. In which of these cases do you think the employee is wrong to hire an attorney, and in which case do you think the WC attorney is not needed?

The simple fact is that the more employees are unrepresented, the more they will be intimidated into not filing claims for their injuries and the more those who do will be undercompensated by the Carriers. Of course, since this increase profit margins for the business, it HAS to be good for South Carolina, right?

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:22:59 +0000

I wonder how much Doug Jennings from Marlboro County got from the state in the case where he represented Denny Nielsen against the state and a construction company over her accident some years back? Politics is a revolving door and their salaries in most cases are nothing compared to their kick-backs from lobbyist and the Judicial System. America is being sold out daily and we no longer have statesmen we are being led Mafia style.

By: Gordon Hirsch

Gordon Hirsch — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:30:27 +0000

These guys are both filling the troth and feeding from it. Why do you think they run $ix-figure campaigns to land a $10,400 a year job.

The SC Bar Association’s cannons of professional ethics state that lawyers should avoid potential for conflict of interest and Canon 9 requires that a lawyer avoid even the appearance of professional impropriety.