Don't get hurt at Gordon trucking

I was a team driver for Gti, actually i still am i guess. I was asleep when my co driver lost control on a patch of ice and hit a guardrail. I was injured and have been on workers comp for about 2 months now. Gti claims to be a self insured company but uses Sedgwick insurance to handle there injury claims (strange). All being self insured means (if that is actually what they are) is that they don't have to pay out as much,and they have full control over what doctors you see. Because of the way truck drivers get paid (by the mile instead of by the hour) it leaves the amount that they calculate that you should get paid for benefits open for "shall we say artistic interpretation". workers comp in my state is supposed to be 66% of your normal wages, i'm getting $199.00 a week, do the math, if that's what i or any other trucker was making a week i dare say they would have a lot bigger problem finding drivers, needless to say its a benefit of being so called self insured. And the doctors they employ are very cost effective i'm sure (judging by the level of treatment i have received). I have spoken to HR at Gti about all of this and in short "THEY DON'T CARE". Try to deal with all of that and the mountains of paperwork they flood you with makes it real hard to work on getting better, i finally had to hire a lawyer. Long story short, I'll have to just go to work doing something else when i'm able, and i'll probably lose my CDL over this because my injuries will prevent me from passing my next DOT physical. BE very carefull and don't get hurt if you work for Gti or your screwed.

 

Thanks for the advice. You people are great. I'll look into this deeper. Stuff like this can really get a person down and it's good to hear from people that there's still hope. Anymore advice please send it my way, i could use it