What is the name of your state? TN
My wife had been in an auto accident which resulted in her having minor injuries (she has only liability insurance). It was the other drivers fault which is clearly stated in the police report. My wife had gone to the emergency room and had received medical treatment for 3 weeks which workers comp. has taken care of right away since she was working at the moment of the accident. My wife and I had a hard time contacting his insurance company since TN law is lax on auto insurance coverage -- there isn't even a place for the police to write the insurance information.
To make story short, we sued the person in a sessions court and finally his insurance had contacted us about settling the case and we agreed. The problem we're having is that workers comp has contacted us saying that the insurance company must pay for the medical bills or else we have to pay it ourselves and the insurance company doesn't want to pay the medical bills. Since our settlement paper doesn't include medical bills what should we do? She we forget about settlement and go to court? Can workers comp. make us pay the bills if we settle with the insurance company? We need advise.
Zmaista,
My wife had been in an auto accident which resulted in her having minor injuries (she has only liability insurance). It was the other drivers fault which is clearly stated in the police report. My wife had gone to the emergency room and had received medical treatment for 3 weeks which workers comp. has taken care of right away since she was working at the moment of the accident. My wife and I had a hard time contacting his insurance company since TN law is lax on auto insurance coverage -- there isn't even a place for the police to write the insurance information.
To make story short, we sued the person in a sessions court and finally his insurance had contacted us about settling the case and we agreed. The problem we're having is that workers comp has contacted us saying that the insurance company must pay for the medical bills or else we have to pay it ourselves and the insurance company doesn't want to pay the medical bills. Since our settlement paper doesn't include medical bills what should we do? She we forget about settlement and go to court? Can workers comp. make us pay the bills if we settle with the insurance company? We need advise.
Zmaista,