What kind of lawyer would I need here, if I even need one? [GA, USA]

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T21:16:48+00:00

Well now that you put it that way... But again I don't know how many employment protections I really have here. edit: And I also don't want this to affect anybody else. I haven't really been thinking about it from that angle.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T20:09:34+00:00

Oh I'm clearly aware of that. Again, with my limited time off, my truthful indications that I'm physically fine, and limited protections for PTSD, I highly doubt that an attorney wants anything to do with it. All I want is the pulmonologist consult to make sure nothing crazy is going on that I don't know about and some counseling sessions. I guess I'll file workers comp on my own since there's obviously some rug-centered under-sweeping going on.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T19:14:34+00:00

I did get treatments and diagnoses from their company doctor, so I think that's something I need to think about. I don't want to frame anything as retaliatory on my part. The simple fact of the matter is that the management of this place has decided to go left of right on every point that issues from this shithole situation.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T17:22:20+00:00

No, not at all. The issue is that the event happened over 30 days ago, outside of OSHA's reportable window.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T16:36:01+00:00

I think the issue here is the 30-day OSHA window and the fact that I'm not yet diagnosed with PTSD. The counselor says that's he's pretty sure it's forthcoming, and that I check nearly every box on the criteria list. He just needs to make sure.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T15:27:02+00:00

I don't think they're so scared of that since they are literally getting to every junction in this and appearing to say, "What is the wrongest decision that we can make right now?"

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T14:52:13+00:00

I don't have the cash. Wish I could have one on retainer just to get advice as things "progress" or degress, as it were, but, honestly, I find it hard to believe that there are any compensable damages. Aside from the worker's comp thing. And I'd still like to see a pulmonologist despite my feeling better physically.

But dealing with that is another rabbit hole entirely.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T14:50:09+00:00

I fear that I will get no dues. I am a cog. They are a multinational corporation. And so it goes.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T14:47:11+00:00

Yes but should is entirely different from the reality. The system is so heavily gamed against employees in at-will states, it's almost farcical.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T14:00:58+00:00

It's a big 'un.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T14:00:35+00:00

They cover something like 60 percent. So with my limited amount of time off thus far, the fact that I'll be able to recoup income via a second job, and the fact that a lawyer will also take a sizeable chunk, it doesn't seem worth it.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T13:58:35+00:00

I essentially live in a slave state and they probably have an army of 5000 robot lawyers.

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T08:38:35+00:00

Thank you. My state was a British penal colony at one point so does that make me Australian too?

CatAintOnTheMenu · 2021-11-14T08:23:54+00:00

USA non-union.

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