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possibly lawsuit? lawyer or attorney with advice?
my husband is "sub contracted" by my father, basically for tax reasons. He uses all my fathers equipment and does all my dads B!tch work basically. he does not do anything on his own time and he does not have his own equipment. His employment was also not temporary. Well anyways while at work he was told to clean the windows so he got out one of my fathers ladder and on his way up the ladder had a big crack in it which cuased the ladder to give and my husband to fall. HE broke his neck and now he cannot work and we have no income. Is this a possible lawsuit? my father in law says he asked a laywer and they said it sounded like a case. If we do sue their company's insurance would they lose their buisness? how much would it affect them? what could we gain out of this? normally i wouldnt even consider doing this to my family but they have completely refused to help us with money, and fired him so we couldnt claim workers comp either. This happened in Williamson county, TN.
He's not a sub-contractor, he was working for your dad. Since at the time of the accident he was an employee he can still file a comp claim and your dad can get in a LOT of trouble for firing him after he was hurt. Talk to your dad, tell him you need to file the claim. He will not lose his business, he might have to pay more for insurance but face it, your husband has a broken neck. If your dad doesn't want to cooperate, get a good lawyer(not an ambulance chaser). Don't wait too long there are statues of limitations that apply.
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