If I choose to not settle, will my lawyer forget about me altogether? If I need surgery in 10 yrs, will he help get a surgery?

I think you're confusing things here. There are two ways to settle your case: 1. Stipulation and Award, which means PD value, the right to re-open...

Will I be better off, given the amount of time that has already elapsed, to just let the original decision stand?

Same response as the last post. Please revisit the idea of selling your future medical treatment if you want more treatment than Doctor's visits...

If I decide to not go forward with the case, what is the deadline for cancelling the trial?

UR denials that are upheld by IMR are not review-able by the Board unless one of the very narrow and nearly impossible to prove exceptions apply....

Can Injured Workers fight using the DIR Employees when no lawyer will touch your case?

Lawyers are paid off of the permanent disability rating (in your case this time has passed) or by settling the future medical treatment. In this...

Can my wife oppose to the petition or ask the court to assign her an attorney?

The truth is we don't know the facts, relationship with your lawyer, the hearing type, or what your case is about. All we know is your lawyer wants...

Given what I said previously,, why would anyone in their right mind accept a cash buyout to give up the right to future medical?

This would have been true before 2013. In 2013 the government passed a law that says that the insurance company's denials that have been denied by...

5% on my left leg and 3% whole body loss..thats what my permanent impairment..at 355 per week..how much do I have coming

Very few attorneys practice Federal Workers' Compensation which is the subject of your injury. If you do not have an attorney I highly suggest you...

I can't find an attorney to help with my claim because I have pre existing medical issues. Can anyone help me,.

You need to contact a Workers' Compensation Attorney in Hawaii. No attorney here is going to answer your call for an attorney because that would be...

Attorneys cost money because, well, we have bills to pay. If you are charged with a crime the public defender will represent you for free if you...

Ask an attorney help us get it approved for contacts

First of all if your boyfriend has TWO convictions for Domestic Violence it means he is on supervised probation and you should NOT be contacting...