@kevinmicheal662 Also consider that because this is a public forum, your employer might find this and use anything you say against you and you have posted a photo that identifies you. Don't identify your employer here . You can also use private messages. If you contact Colleen, she could remove a post. It may vary from state to state, but you can usually not have to pay a work comp lawyer until there is a settlement, and then it is a set percentage for attorney fees set by the state, so it doesn't hurt to ask for help or to contact your state board about this. Your employer has already contacted their own attorney and will be looking for evidence in your job performance that could help them dismiss you. A lawyer who understands the system will have greater success than a patient trying to do this alone. Your employer is looking to dismiss this and reduce their legal and financial risk, and because you are still having problems, the medical bills will continue. A work comp award is usually higher if you are disabled and can't continue to work, and this could be the beginning of a long term disability. You need to get the best medical advice you can now to have the best outcome. If you do receive a work comp settlement, your health insurance plan will ask your employer to repay them for the expenses of your medical care, and that would erase the running out of benefits and lifetime payout caps on your medical care with that insurance company. Document everything from the time of the accident onward, and get copies of all your medical records now. You would need that to go forward, and there may be things documented in the records that are meant to discredit you or errors. If you have been sent to an "independent medical examiner", this is what happens and they look for reasons to avoid paying the bills. Maybe that won't happen with a specific accident causing an injury, but it is commonplace for other work related claims.