lawsuit railroad?

[depchief02]

What is the name of your state? florida

Hi To All....
I 'm here in florida and i'm a volunteer firefighter and i do not get paid for being a firefighter anyway i was in a car wreck about 1 year ago going to a call in the fire truck(voluteer trunk). Here in tallahassee the way thing work is that the county volluteer fire department give aid to the city firefighter , every time there's a call we fall under the city of tallahassee worker comp....I had wreck verses a train and i broke my knee and over the year i had two scope done on my knee and about 5 shoots for pain and now the only thing that can help me is a knee replacement cause my cartli. has formed artheritis.I do not know my MMI yet .. Now the city say that they will settle if i leave employment with them, but i do not work for the city and the volunteer fire department is under the county and is a non-profit department, so can the city make me leave the volunteer department? I've been with the fire department for 7 years and this's the first time i filed a claim. I put in 7 years of my free time and got a book of state cert. also state firefighter, and if i leave the fire department i loss everything...Is settleing a good thing to do? I have a lawyer on this case cause i have a personal injury suit with the railroad company..Think i have a chance to win my case.. The train driver lied in the report about the whole wreck...

 

[seniorjudge]

Listen to your lawyer.

 

[VeronicaLodge]

What is the name of your state? florida

Hi To All....
I 'm here in florida and i'm a volunteer firefighter and i do not get paid for being a firefighter anyway i was in a car wreck about 1 year ago going to a call in the fire truck(voluteer trunk). Here in tallahassee the way thing work is that the county volluteer fire department give aid to the city firefighter , every time there's a call we fall under the city of tallahassee worker comp....I had wreck verses a train and i broke my knee and over the year i had two scope done on my knee and about 5 shoots for pain and now the only thing that can help me is a knee replacement cause my cartli. has formed artheritis.I do not know my MMI yet .. Now the city say that they will settle if i leave employment with them, but i do not work for the city and the volunteer fire department is under the county and is a non-profit department, so can the city make me leave the volunteer department? I've been with the fire department for 7 years and this's the first time i filed a claim. I put in 7 years of my free time and got a book of state cert. also state firefighter, and if i leave the fire department i loss everything...Is settleing a good thing to do? I have a lawyer on this case cause i have a personal injury suit with the railroad company..Think i have a chance to win my case.. The train driver lied in the report about the whole wreck...

what did the engineer lie about? there are black box recording devices on trains that tell you what the speed of the train was, when the brakes were applied, when the horn was sounded, etc.

 

[depchief02]

The driver said he seen me and he was slowing down... the way i was coming and the way he was coming ..he could not see me until i get on the tracks..also we was in city limit and they are allowed to go a certain speed limit..my lawyer said i have a case that's why he took it..i want to know is there a time limit on when this will e over?