Q: I am representing myself in a workers compensation hearing. How do I present 2 incidences.
The request for medical and all of the injuries with each date and what type of medical care. I require physical rehabilitation with educational retraining due to injuries I can barely practice as a nurse. Im requesting pay as a registered nurse because I was demoted to LPN status. I am proving negligent behaviors of the medical doctor. He never assessed me physically. So I want a new doctor.
A: Unless you know how to depose a doctor, cross examine fact witnesses, present exhibits, and argue the legal bases for your claim in a written brief, you should reconsider representing yourself. I know that does not answer your question, but it took me law school and roughly 5 years of actually handling workers' compensation cases including hundreds of hearings and depositions before I was consistently comfortable that I knew what I was doing. No one will be able to teach you how to do this in a forum of this nature. Do yourself a favor and hire a lawyer.
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