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Just curious as to anyone that is on long term wage loss due to an injury, like a serious injury that has left you with a permanent injury. Have you been treated fairly? Have you been threatened? Harassed? Been made to feel Like you were faking? Did or do you geel like you are being treated like a pwrson or a case number? Have you been misdiagnosed by a wcb dr. that you have never met? I Would love to hear your story!! Have you ever thought about getting a lawyer and suing WCB? Because contrary to popular belief, you can sue them, as there has been a case precedent set in The courts that have opened up the way to either a civil suit or a class action suit. Last year WCB had a profit of 95 million dollars.  
 
So what's your story? What do you think is wrong with the WCB act and policies?

They don't care about law suits lawyers like doctors don't want to get involved, they swamp doctors with paper work, and lawyers want to see some money before they proceed with a case and like my lawyer said 100 lawyers can say your unfit for work and 1 doctor theirs on their pay roll can say you are, who will a judge believe. hang in save your money ride it out they do this to everybody thy are counting on you going away.

Midway55 said "They don't care about law suits lawyers like doctors don't want to get involved, they swamp doctors with paper work, and lawyers want to see some money before they proceed with a case and like my lawyer said 100 lawyers can say your unfit for work and 1 doctor theirs on their pay roll can say you are, who will a judge believe. hang in save your money ride it out they do this to everybody thy are counting on you going away. "

I told you there is a law firm that would take the case against WCB without giving them any money. This is about suing WCB for bad faith, not their Drs. It's about case managers and adjuticators and senior case managers and sector managers.  
 
You say they count on me going away? Well I considered it, but I will never go away, I'm not in it for the money, I'm in it to bring down a tyrant that is killing people with no remorse or lawful actions being handed down on them. The system is broken and it needs to be fixed.

is a crown corporation, doesn't any profit go back to the province? If so, how is a crown corporation turning a profit a big thing? Of course it implies that they are overcharging, but since the government uses that money anyway, think of it as a hidden tax.

A few years ago I was left permanently injured due to a work place injury. I still have no feeling in my fingertips and there are times when I can barely move due to the pain that I still get from time to time in my shoulder,back, and neck.  
 
I was put on WCB almost instantly after my injury, which was great! Right off the bat I felt taken care of and was told that all I needed to do was focus on healing.  
 
I had to go to physio, have so many xrays, pain meds, the list goes on and for a little while I did feel taken care of.  
 
To make something clear, almost all the money I got from workers compensations was almost always already spent due to the underlying costs of physio, pain meds, and then of course cost of living, etc. I wasn't earning what I would have been earning but it was better than nothing.  
 
A couple of months went by and I soon got a threatening letter in the mail from WCB, claiming that they had tried to call me. (not once did I ever receive a call from them) they had miscalculated the amount they were supposed to be giving me and so they wanted me to pay back nearly 2 grand!  
 
Of course I called and I flipped out and I asked what had happened!? How could this happen!? How could they have miscalculated this badly!? I had barely been on WCB for like three months by this point!? They wanted me to pay back 2 grand when I was still very much injured and couldn't function on my own.  
 
Right then and there I said no, I wasn't paying that money back at that moment, I was stuck on WCB, I couldn't do anything, how could they demand that money back at that moment.(Also, this was right before Christmas when they came at me too. They wanted the money back ASAP.)  
 
Eventually I received more letters demanding the money. After a while the price began to change... It went from 2 grand, to 1 grand, to 1.5 grand, to 700 dollars, to 400 dollars, back up to 1.7 grand and then somehow it dropped all the way down to 200 dollars. Which I finally ended up paying just so the letters would stop.  
 
I kept my receipt and I got a call a few days later explaining I was going to court. However I told them that I had a receipt, I did pay it, this was some kind of mistake. I then sent a copy of the letter for 200 and the receipt and I was let off the hook.  
 
I then got myself off WCP while I was still injured and decided to figure it out on my own. WCP hurt me more than it helped me. And there are so many other people with stories similar to mine.  
 
Another person, this year received a letter demanding that she pay back some of her money too due to their miscalculations RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON! They harassed her, humiliated her and instead of making her pay it back they almost completely stopped her WCP cheques until it was all paid back, she still has yet to get a cheque from them and she's still with them. This will be the fifth week this week she's gone without.

Chances are you are going to need a lot of doctor diagnosis, visits, etc from potentially 2 or 3 doctors. Doctor against lawyer, doctor will win. They have their doctor and you have 2 or 3 doctors plus probably some specialist appointments amd diagnosis along with it backing up your claim you are tipping the tables in your favor.

I've been dealing with them for over five years now, lol I'm no longer allowed in any WCB building, and can no longer communicate with them in any form except through my workers advocate. There was a miscommunication where they thought I posed a physical threat, because I referred to the hostage taking in Edmonton, Patrick Clayton was his name. My Advocate has been a blessing, she is great and has taken on a big responsibility dealing with my overwhelming case. But I'm still being resilient and won't give up.