Well, the judge finally made a decision in my comp case. The good news is that he's ordered the authorization of my elbow surgery and he's also ordered AIG to start paying me my comp bennies again. The bad news is that AIG is claiming a HUGE credit, based on a prior award to the tune of about $34k. What this means is that they can choose not to pay me at all until they recoup the entire credit, or they can take a portion of my weekly benefit check until it's gone. The problem being is that according to the paperwork I have, they shouldn't have a credit at all, and good luck getting my attorneys to explain to me how and why they have a credit. It's kind of like pulling teeth to get them to answer anything. Or to get them to answer emails, come to think of it.....So, now we're waiting to see if they're going to appeal, since the judge threw out their entire medical position stating that I shouldn't have had anything covered under comp since '97, including all my surgeries since then and all of my other medical treatment. This should be fun to wait on, since living on one paycheck is not cutting things around here, and the comp board didn't bother to send a copy of the decision to AIG's attorneys, which is a hoot, but might hold things up even more.
As soon as I have definite word on what's going on, I'll let y'all know!
Love and miss ya all!
Cheri
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Meanwhile, in Fantasyland: http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/12/aig-black-hole.html
Wow, thanks Don! That really didn't make me feel much better. It's depressing to think that they're so worried about the damn Wall Street side of their business to even think about the people they insure, or companies, for that matter. One of the guys in the comments had a good point; how are they so different than Enron's big wigs who all went to jail?? They're talking about some guy Goldman, Goldwater (I thought Barry was 6 feet under by now), who apparently has a crapload of his own money in AIG, so he's doing everything he can on Capitol Hill to keep them going with this bailout. To quote Sally Brown; "All I want is what's coming to me, all I want is my fair share."
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