Q: On TD, & have been offered another job. What repercussions might I face if I take it? Will TD continue to bridge wages?
Injured over a year ago. Currently receiving TD because current employer can't/won't meet restrictions. QME is later this month.
Prospective new employer schedule will start with fewer hours and is likely to build eventually to pre-injury levels. Both jobs are in the same career field.
A: "New" employer is generally a BAD IDEA. If your symptoms or complaints increase in any way, the old employer will sue the new employer; the old employer will claim (without proof) that the new employer made the injury worsen. You DONT want to start a new job then get that new employer sued. SPEND MORE TIME PREPARING for the QME evaluation. If you say the wrong thing, the QME will find you are fully healed when you are not. You could get a Zero with serious limits on your future medical rights (and so, almost no money offered) if you say the wrong thing to the QME. A DETAILED MEETING WITH YOUR ACTUAL ATTORNEY (not the secretary or paralegal) IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE YOU BLOW THIS CASE.
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