You should absolutely contact an experienced work comp attorney. You reported your injury and your boss should have filed a first report of injury...

If this is a work injury, they should be paying you ongoing wage loss or Temporary Total Disability. If the injury did not happen at work then you...

If you cannot return to your date of injury employer due to your job related work restrictions, you should be assigned a QRC or a qualified...

While the workers' compensation system, as you've already discovered, is taxing for employees and full of hoops to jump through for the insurance...

Is my employer allowed to contact my doctor's office without some kind of signed release during work comp?

Did the insurance company tell you since you are off work you should have a QRC or a qualified rehabilitation consultant? You also have the choice...

First, your employer has work comp insurance coverage or is self-insured for just this reason- unfortunately sometimes people sustain work...

Can I be fired?

If you have to miss work due to your back surgery, you should be covered under FMLA. But if you are unable to return to work for an extended period...

What is legal and factual basis?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by the "legal and factual basis" is the insurance company or your employer trying to deny that your injury...

Is it worth going to court for a dog bite?

Sometimes people are hesitant to "go to court" over an issue when there are friends involved. But most cases settle before that point. And with...

Can they fire me for work injury?

While they cannot fire you for sustaining a work injury or for filing for a work comp claim, if the injury prevents you from performing your job...