How do I know if my company is planning to discredit me?

 

A: If you have been in a boat accident in Florida recently, your life probably seems pretty confusing. Ideally, you'd like to trust that everyone around you - including company representatives and insurance adjusters - are on your side and focused on helping you recover. But this is often not the case. How do you know when your company is "up to something" and plotting to strip you of possible legal rights?
Here are eight "red flags" to look out for:

1. Company officials pressure you to give a recorded statement to an insurance adjuster. 
2. Your company automatically schedules an appointment for you with a "company approved" doctor. Why not let you choose your own physician?
3. Your company quickly offers you a settlement that doesn't seem "quite fair" to you.
4. Your company makes real or veiled threats along the lines of "you will never work with this boat/company/industry in Florida again if you refuse these terms." 
5. Your company seems to be acting fairly, but instinct tells you that something is amiss. Our intuitions can pick up on signals that our conscious minds fail to see.
6. Your company has been known to (or even rumored to) mistreat injured workers. 
7. You feel a strange pressure to go back to work from co-workers, direct superiors, or higher-ups in the company. 
8. You are concerned enough about the potential loss of your rights that you've been Googling to research Florida maritime attorneys.

Before you engage the company - or even retain a lawyer - educate yourself. Learn the tactics that insurers and companies use on injured Florida boat workers by downloading our three free e-books. If you have questions about your rights or what to do next, call the team at Vujasinovic & Beckcom, P.L.L.C. at 877-724-7800 today.