INJURY

[MHART15352]

WHILE WORKING AS A HAIRDRESSER, I WAS INJURED. AN AID BROUGHT A PATIENT IN FOR A HAIR CUT , NOT IN THE PROPER CHAIR TO BEGIN WITH. THE PATIENT WAS LEANING FORWARD. I ASK THE SHE REMAIN THERE TO HELP ME WITH THE PATIENT, AS THIS IS HER JOB. SHE REFUSED SAYING THEY WERE SHORT OF AIDS AND THAT SHE HAD SOMEONE IN THE SHOWER AND SHE LEFT. THE PATIENT DID BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF THE CHAIR. I SCREAMED FOR HELP ANOTHER AID IN THE HALL CAME IN AND ASK ME TO HELP HER GET HIM BACK IN THE CHAIR. I DID, I THEN TOLD HER TO STAY WITH ME. AGAIN HE SLIPPED AND AGAIN WE HAD TO GET HIM IN THE CHAIR. AT THIS POINT I HURT MY BACK. I AM VERY SMALL AND THE MAN WAS VERY LARGE. I COULD NOT LET THIS ELDERLY PERSON HIT THE FLOOR.

NOW THE FACILITY WONT PAY MY MEDICAL BILLS, MY INS COMPANY WONT, THEY SAY IT'S THE FACILITY WHO SHOULD. MY INS. SAID THEY SHOULD HAVE PREMISES MEDICAL TO COVER THIS. THE FACITILITY SAYS I AM CONTRACT LABOR AND THEY DONT HAVE TO PAY.

MY FEELINGS ARE THIS, THEY WERE NEGELEGENT IN NOT STAYING WITH ME AFTER I REQUESTED ASSISTANCE, THE ANOTHER AID ASK ME TO HELP PICK HIM UP. HAD I LET THIS MAN HIT THE FLOOR I WOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE, NOT TO MENTION THE PAIN HE WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH.

I CARRY PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY, NOT GENERAL LIABILITY. MY INS COMPANY SAYS THEY SHOULD CARRY THAT.

ANY INFO. WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MHART15352:
WHILE WORKING AS A HAIRDRESSER, I WAS INJURED. AN AID BROUGHT A PATIENT IN FOR A HAIR CUT , NOT IN THE PROPER CHAIR TO BEGIN WITH. THE PATIENT WAS LEANING FORWARD. I ASK THE SHE REMAIN THERE TO HELP ME WITH THE PATIENT, AS THIS IS HER JOB. SHE REFUSED SAYING THEY WERE SHORT OF AIDS AND THAT SHE HAD SOMEONE IN THE SHOWER AND SHE LEFT. THE PATIENT DID BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF THE CHAIR. I SCREAMED FOR HELP ANOTHER AID IN THE HALL CAME IN AND ASK ME TO HELP HER GET HIM BACK IN THE CHAIR. I DID, I THEN TOLD HER TO STAY WITH ME. AGAIN HE SLIPPED AND AGAIN WE HAD TO GET HIM IN THE CHAIR. AT THIS POINT I HURT MY BACK. I AM VERY SMALL AND THE MAN WAS VERY LARGE. I COULD NOT LET THIS ELDERLY PERSON HIT THE FLOOR.

NOW THE FACILITY WONT PAY MY MEDICAL BILLS, MY INS COMPANY WONT, THEY SAY IT'S THE FACILITY WHO SHOULD. MY INS. SAID THEY SHOULD HAVE PREMISES MEDICAL TO COVER THIS. THE FACITILITY SAYS I AM CONTRACT LABOR AND THEY DONT HAVE TO PAY.

MY FEELINGS ARE THIS, THEY WERE NEGELEGENT IN NOT STAYING WITH ME AFTER I REQUESTED ASSISTANCE, THE ANOTHER AID ASK ME TO HELP PICK HIM UP. HAD I LET THIS MAN HIT THE FLOOR I WOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE, NOT TO MENTION THE PAIN HE WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH.

I CARRY PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY, NOT GENERAL LIABILITY. MY INS COMPANY SAYS THEY SHOULD CARRY THAT.

ANY INFO. WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


My response:

Since you are "independant" labor, the word "independant" means just that. You are not an employee, and in order to be paid for health expenses, no matter how incurred, you had to have your own health coverage - - much the same as you have your own "liability" insurance; i.e., you are not covered for Worker's Compensation, nor is the facility's liability insurance responsible. Sorry.

IAAL


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