Hi. I was discharged from my surgeon from an incident at work (worker's comp) Thursday, March 19th. I work for a school and due to the corona-virus, schools have been closed. I asked the worker's comp attorney if I should file for unemployment and he said I should do that. How will this work - going from worker's comp to unemployment? I also have issues with what they used to keep me out of work. The worker's comp lawyer said I needed to speak with a labor and employment attorney. Thank you, Valerie
As Mr. Kirk says, you'll want to stick with your attorney's advice on the workers comp/unemployment issues. But it's not clear what other, separate matter you're referring to that they told you to seek other counsel because they don't handle that kind of issue. As your attorney suggested, you'll need to contact a labor/employment attorney and give them more details- the Find a Lawyer link at the top of the page might be helpful to locate one.
Your chosen attorney is clearly in the best position to advise you of potential rights and remedies.
roommate attack
My son was having problems with his room mate at college. Minor disputes over seemingly stupid stuff. On our side the other room mate was unplugging my sons stuff, leaving the window open allowing rain and snow to come in on my sons desk and computer, unplugged his cable for two weeks, etc. They had both apparently asked to be separated to other rooms weeks ago to no avail. Last week upon returning to his room my son found his computer and other things unpluggged again. When my son started to unplug his room mates stuff that was in his outlets a scuffle occured and his room mate struck him over the head with a steel pipe causing a trip to the ER by ambulance and 6 staples in his head. State troupers were called but he did not press criminal charges against him. There will be medical expenses out of pocket (we have a deductible). How to procced now? Pursue to have roommate pay medical bills? Pursue whether college is liable in anyway for ignoring their request to be moved?
