Copperas Cove, TX asked in Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation for Texas

Q: Good Morning, I was injured receiving workers comp that they filed and approved and now I have to pay them back

I was working as a DOD Civilian had a stroke that was said to related from head injury at work . Then I was left in attended in ICU fell out of bed cracked and bruised some ribs. I couldn't swallow so they had me with no fluids for seven days at that time they finally ran a swallow study that showed my vocal cords were paralyzed. I was placed on a feeding tube which feel out of my nose and caused my sinus track to become compromised caused a tropical Flesh eating bacteria to eat at my face and nose.

1 Lawyer Answer
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
Answered
  • Little Neck, NY

A: A Texas attorney could best advise here, but your question remains open for a month. As a general premise, if you were paid workers' comp benefits and this was related to a third-party accident, workers' comp can assert a lien on the personal injury case. From your description, that's what it sounds like - a personal injury case against the hospital running the ICU in which you fell out of bed and bruised your ribs. If you have a personal injury attorney and a workers' comp attorney, they should be working together to coordinate satisfaction of the WC lien in the course of settling the personal injury case. If you don't, you could reach out to a Texas workers' comp attorney to discuss what you need to do. Good luck

Tim Akpinar

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