[danewone]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MINNESOTA

This is for my sister that is currently receiving workers comp from her previous company she has worked for. They have been late for her payments and she has been assigned a lawyer from the insurance or her company not sure how this lawyer came to be, but she has been using him and now the company has given her a settlement. she received these papers that are called stipulation of settlement or something of the sort indicting the amount and what they are willing to do. Which is basically give her this small amount and stop everything else.

My questions is what can we do legally if we don't agree to the terms they have in the stipulation and if we don't like the lawyer she is using can we bring this to a different lawyer? because through this whole issue he has not been informative or even open to helping her as much as he can. He never returns calls back, never answers his phone and only contacts my sister when she leaves a message saying that she is willing to settle for whatever the company has. Since she last told him that she is willing to go ahead with the settling this is the paper we received and now we don't like it.

any help is appreciated or any question to help clarify this let me know and Ill do my best to make it clear so I may get the right answer if not understood at first.

Thanks!

[Mr. Knowitall]

If she doesn't want to settle her claim, she doesn't have to. If this is the settlement of a lawsuit, she can either try to negotiate a different settlement or see if she does better in court. There are no guarantees that she'll do better.

If she doesn't like her lawyer, she is free to consult a different lawyer.

This is your sister's case, not yours. What matters is whether she is satisfied with the settlement, not what you think.

[danewone]

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Thanks for your reply...

I am the older brother and I have no idea what to do. She came to me for advice and im no lawyer so thats why I came here.

So far she have not decided what to do. My sister doesnt know what she wants to do. Because she is afraid if she takes the settlement and than something happens to her like her hand/arms still hurts after she wont be covered for it anymore. Not sure how this would work, also in talking to the lawyer he said that even after settlement if she incurs bills with her hand/arm she can still go back to the company and get them to pay but its up to them if they want to or not. Is that correct?

Thanks in advance for the help and input!