Will I be treated fairly in a workers' compensation case?

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I'm never sure of how to answer this question. Judges tell me this system isn't about fairness, that fairness is nothing more than a side product. I can't agree with that statement because I'm looking at this system from philosophical standpoint, not an administrative one. Judges in my mind should not be administrators in black robes. I believe judges should be more like ambassadors of the court system making sure people are treated fairly and that fairness should prevail in the end result.

To answer your question, no you won't be treated "fairly"; not as most people view the concept of fairness. Fairness depends on what side of the case you sit. It shouldn't but according to most people's idea of what is fair, that is how they think about the concept. They will say treat me fairly, but what most really mean is help me to win and I'll agree the system was fair. Treated fairly to a judge means the system treated you just as it has treated others who, like you, have sat before the court or the industrial commission. Fairness to them has nothing to do with which way the case is decided, only that the rules and law were applied as expected. Fairness to everyone means no one lied, but fairness does not dictate an outcome. It is in that regard that the concept of fairness divides along a path less travelled.
Robert Frost (1874-1963)

The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

After a worker is injured is when they need the support of their employer the most. But injured workers aren't given a level playing field. The company doctor often times is not helping them and the case manager isn't either. The worker is left alone to fend for themselves and to make mistakes that result in lower benefits or fewer weeks of benefits. Some are sent back to work too soon. There is only one person on your side and that understands this system. If your lawyer doesn't understand the nature of this claim you've got the wrong lawyer. Steve Lombardi has practiced in the area of workers compensation for over 30 years. He's tried hundreds of cases for more than one thousand clients. If you'd like help finding a competent lawyer we do assist people in locating a lawyer in Iowa or in Illinois. Call us.

If you have a question about your case, give us a call or drop us an email. LOMBARDI LAW FIRM - 515-222-1110 or sdlombardi@aol.com. If you or your spouse are involved in a work accident contact the Lombardi Law Firm. We will assist you with your claim.
Steve Lombardi, Attorney