QUALITY CARRIERS -- BE VERY AWARE!!

DO NOT GET HURT whIle working for this company! My doctor has me off work due to a shoulder injury/surgery that happened while at work, however, Quality has ordered me to drive against my Dr's orders. As we all know, if I did that and was involved in an accident, my fault or not, I could be held criminally responsible as well as both of us being help civilly responsible. They won't pay my temp benefits, even though I have the Dr's release. It's profit over their drivers and will do anything for profit, including putting the driver in this type position. It's been 6 weeks since I've gotten a check for workers comp due to this dispute and have had to file complaints with TX Dept Ins. and NTCSA. We all know how slow these clocks spin trying to get relief, so until then they left me out to dry. It looks like I'm going to have to bring action against the company we were working for in order to get something done. STAY AWAY!!!!!

 

It was going pretty smooth for a while, but when my doctor ordered a function capacity exam they went ape **** and ordered me back to work against the doctor's orders. Considering the chemicals we haul, plus just the fact of driving a commercial vehicle, I'm not willing to put myself in a position. The Tx dept of insurance department says they can dispute it, but they will not win. They are basically holding my arm behind my back. Texas doesn't allow to sue to employer, however, you can sue the third party if it happened at thier location with their equipment. Looks like I may be going that route.

 

The workers comp insurance is disputing the doctor orders due to him ordering the Function exam. I never thought of contacting the company's insurance company about this issue, but I will do that today. Great idea and thanks for mentioning it. And there is absolutely nothing else. I submitted all paperwork and Dr's orders to the NTCSA and talked to them yesterday, they have marked the complaintiff as valid and it has been assigned to an investigator in the Florida office as of yesturday.

 

Your absolutely right, I should have. But I guess that's what I'm going to have to do

 

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