What can I do if my attorney is not aggressive enough with my case on a workman’s compensation issue?

You are free to discharge your attorney for any reason you want. If a lawsuit is on file, the attorney would have to ask the judge to be permitted to withdraw from your case. Judges in civil and workers' compensation cases routinely grant this request. Depending on the fee agreement you signed with the attorney, he or she may be entitled to be reimbursed his or her costs and expenses as well as fee based on the time spent working on your case. Before you consider discharging your current attorney I would suggest sitting down with him or her and discussing your concerns. He or she may have good reasons why they are suggesting taking a low settlement offer. If your attorney did have a "back door arrangement with the insurance company" that would be an ethical violation and could subject the attorney to sanctions ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment. After you talk with your attorney and if you are still unsatisfied or feel betrayed then you should try and find a new attorney to take over your case. Clients need to be able to trust their attorneys and attorneys need their clients to trust them for a successful attorney-client relationship.

Worker comp cases are mostly math. Average weekly wages up to a cap times the number of weeks allocated to the body part times the percentage of disability. The doctor makes the disability call. Ask your lawyer what the problem is. Doesn't much matter what you or he think. It is usually just a math equation , unless of course there is a question of facts involved or a question of long range care. don't fret in ignorance and fuss about your lawyer. ask him, insist on answers. if he wont answer, fire the rascal and hire another.

A "real bad" insurance company? What's next? I've got news for you. They're ALL BAD. None of them want to pay out any money. As for your attorney . . . file a complaint with the MI State Bar. You may be able to sue him if he played you. Be careful though . . . attorney can sue you if you're wrong.

You should put your concerns in writing and send it to your lawyer with a quiick deadline for a response. ?

I don't know anything about your case and certainly not enough to value it, but wrist injuries don't provide a lot of money for impairment benefits. Did you ever think your lawyer might be right?

Did you go to law school? Do you know how to try a law suit? If not, then let the lawyer do his job. If you can do it better, then do so. As an attorney who deals with many people, and all kinds of people, I am always amused when someone who may have actually graduated from elementary school, maybe even middle school, and on rare occasion from high school thinks that they know more than someone with a college degree, a professional degree, and years of experience. Of course, we may not be perfect, but usually there is a reason for doing things the way we do. You might ask him. You might learn something.

Go on with your life. You are not totally disabled. Minor pain is never enough. Don't settle. Go back to work and prove you can't handle it anymore.

Get copies of all of your records and correspondence and take them to another attorney for an independent opinion. Discuss the case and the reason for your present attorneys current recommendation. Expect to pay for it. If the additional attorney agrees with you, ask your new attorney to substitute into the case. You'll still have fees which shall be due to your previous representative.

You hired him for his advice. Now you don't want it. You can switch attorneys if you want, but there's no telling that you would get a better result. Maybe you will get a better result. Maybe it's gone too far for a new attorney to make any difference.

You can seek the advise of another attorney to see if his analysis is the same as your present attorney. Realize that all attorneys view cases differently, but if the second attorney feels that the first attorney is doing a good job, then you can have some confidence that your present attorney is fully representing your interests.