Steve Lombardi was born and raised in New England and in 1975 moved to the Midwest to obtain his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa. In 1981, he graduated from Drake University Law School. During law school he worked as a private investigator in a five state region of...
Every so often and more often than I’d like to hear it’s happening I’ll receive a client’s medical records after a period of time when “I was representing myself since the accident.” When I hear those words I think, really and what made you think being your own lawyer is a good idea? Whenever the client tells me this I have to wonder what I’m going to see when I read the written record; my first clue of this is often times buried in the medical records. Equally as often and probably in many of these cases that I don’t agree to take a person's case when they have been playing DIY lawyer. Why people think lawyering is like replacing a light bulb and the court and workers’ compensation system a DIY hardware store is way beyond my comprehension.
So it goes that last week I get a phone call and the new client wishes to tell me kind of a secret, but really he thinks it won't matter - much. He didn't tell the doctor this was a work related injury because of how doctors don't like workers' compensation cases. The client thought he was doing himself a favor by not telling the doctor at the get-go that this was a wc claim. Today's post is why you don't play lawyer, just like you don't play doctor along with hair stylist and also why you don't run with scissors.
Playing lawyer - Not telling the doctor it's a work injury - Dah!
Frankly I don't care why you think it's important to not inform the doctor it's a work related injury, by holding back that piece of information you screw up the facts in your own case.
Top five reasons why people don't tell the doctor:
1. Because then it might not be covered under the BCBS health insurance policy.
2. Because then it might not be covered under the BCBS health insurance policy.
3. Because then it might not be covered under the BCBS health insurance policy.
4. Because then it might not be covered under the BCBS health insurance policy.
5. Because then it might not be covered under the BCBS health insurance policy.
Top five reasons why injured workers shouldn't be playing lawyer.
1. Because you can't go back and rewrite the medical records that you said the injury isn't work related.
2. Because you can't go back and rewrite the medical records that you said the injury isn't work related.
3. Because you can't go back and rewrite the medical records that you said the injury isn't work related.
4. Because you can't go back and rewrite the medical records that you said the injury isn't work related.
5. Because you can't go back and rewrite the medical records that you said the injury isn't work related.
Top five reasons why your lawyer will be mad after you play lawyer.
1. Because you make his job next to impossible by screwing up the facts and making yourself look like a liar.
2. Because you make his job next to impossible by screwing up the facts and making yourself look like a liar.
3. Because you make his job next to impossible by screwing up the facts and making yourself look like a liar.
4. Because you make his job next to impossible by screwing up the facts and making yourself look like a liar.
5. Because you make his job next to impossible by screwing up the facts and making yourself look like a liar.
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