Should I have to pay this bill???????

[Gary H NC]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

One phone call to a WC Attorney will get it paid...

WC in my state is run by the Industrial Commission...They do not play!

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

He can dispute the credit information and if he is right, it will be removed. Trying to get paid back on the bills will be tough. If he doesn't pay them ***** will be looking for someone to pay it and then the employer has to fend both he and they, off.

***** Ambulance Service is a very large company, with branches across the state of Louisiana. I live 3 hours away from WIF and they have a station very close to me. If they know this is a WC situation, they aren't going to go away and the employer will have to deal with them.


PS: I decided to remove the name of the ambulance company involved in my post. I have no reason to believe that it has done anything inappropriate and it is pretty much stuck in the middle of this situation. Based on the information given, this seems like a pretty clear cut WC case and I still think WIF should not pay the bill, but I am belatedly reluctant to drag the specific ambulance company into a public discussion on the matter.


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Merrill with great respect i can tell you that we are responsible for our personal debt no matter how it occured...Right wrong or indifferent that is the way it is....99.99% that is ...

 

[lncoop]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

Merrill with great respect i can tell you that we are responsible for our personal debt no matter how it occured...Right wrong or indifferent that is the way it is....99.99% that is ...

To be sure. However, this is not, nor should it be, his debt. The incident occurred at work during the discharge of duty and his super forced the ambulance on him. Seems pretty clear to me who is responsible for the debt.

 

[waterinthefuel]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

To be sure. However, this is not, nor should it be, his debt. The incident occurred at work during the discharge of duty and his super forced the ambulance on him. Seems pretty clear to me who is responsible for the debt.

That is correct. I specifically asked if I could take my own vehicle and was denied, so they took it upon themselves to call the ambulance and not let me leave using any other method (and the safety man admitted) and thus this bill is on them.

My credit rating is over 800 and if they touch my credit, I WILL sue. I'm trying to keep this out of the courts, but I will retain counsel if necessary. I'm not playing around. I saw this coming, even while in extreme chest pain, and offered to drive myself. The choice to not let me leave was my bosses.

Think about it, if you're hurt while working on my home (ok, say you're a hired hand, no insurance) and I call the ambulance and I won't let you leave in your own vehicle, but say that the ambulance is your own way out, you REALLY think that is the fault of the hired hand?

 

[lncoop]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

You shouldn't have to worry about your credit rating unless it ends up in collection. I'm inclined to think the ambulance company has enough sense not to go down that road given the circumstances. Then again, it is Louisiana....... Sorry, couldn't resist. Since I'm an Arkie I feel entitled to poke a little fun at my neighbors.

 

[waterinthefuel]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

Like I said, don't let it ruin your holidays, based on the experiences related by my son, they pretty much expect them to be late at this time of year, whether an insurance company is paying or the individual is paying, they don't report to credit agencies on most of these, now if it goes into collection, they can screw your credit up, but it would be at least a year before they turn it over.

Give them a call and tell them you are getting things worked out with all of the parties involved and they should be ok to work with that..

You best course of action would be to sit down with your safety manager and discuss this and make sure to bring up the fact he told you that would take care of it and see what they say, actually if they stated they would pay for it, it should be a claim against their workmans comp policy...

But again, enjoy your holidays and work to the solution without the frustration...

The hospital has already turned it over to collections and I got a bill from them for 100 dollars more than the hospital bill. I called them and told them to contact my employer. Lawyers have been contacted. The battle is on.

 

[642mx]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

The hospital has already turned it over to collections and I got a bill from them for 100 dollars more than the hospital bill. I called them and told them to contact my employer. Lawyers have been contacted. The battle is on.

Those lawyers will quickly rack up a bill larger than the $1200 ambulance charge. I think I would pay the bill and forget about it... and I would do it quickly before they ping your credit score.

 

[waterinthefuel]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

Those lawyers will quickly rack up a bill larger than the $1200 ambulance charge. I think I would pay the bill and forget about it... and I would do it quickly before they ping your credit score.

Just because it went into collections doesn't mean it's my responsibility to pay. It only means my employer hasn't done what they should. Hence the lawyers, that if I win, they have to pay for as well.

It's not the amount, it's the principle of the matter. I saw a judge tv show about 20 bucks. It wasn't the money, it was the principle, and the plaintiff did win her 20 bucks back!

 

[642mx]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

Just because it went into collections doesn't mean it's my responsibility to pay. It only means my employer hasn't done what they should. Hence the lawyers, that if I win, they have to pay for as well.

It's not the amount, it's the principle of the matter. I saw a judge tv show about 20 bucks. It wasn't the money, it was the principle, and the plaintiff did win her 20 bucks back!

The "principle of the matter" just might cost you your credit rating.... but that's up to you.

 

[waterinthefuel]

Re: Should I have to pay this bill???????

The "principle of the matter" just might cost you your credit rating.... but that's up to you.

And if I win the case, I call the credit reporting companies and contest, as another member already said. If I contest and I'm right, it gets removed. Your credit gets hurt because you don't pay a bill that you legally don't have to pay? Can someone say LAWSUIT?

They better not go there or they have yet to see a fight.