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Company chosen doctor after your maritime Jones Act injury? No thanks.

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The first way is that they’re going to try to control your medical treatment after your accident and usually they do this by sending you to a company chosen doctor. You must insist that you go to a doctor that you know, that you trust and that you choose. Under maritime law you are absolutely allowed to choose your choice of doctor after your injury. This is a critical part of your case and you’ve got to insist that the company pays for your doctor not their doctor.

Now one of the reasons you don’t want to go see the company doctor is because usually the company doctor is communicating directly with the company about your medical condition. They do this usually on the telephone without you knowing it. A lot of times the company representative will meet directly with the company doctor and talk about your medical condition. This is your medical condition. You need to go to a doctor that you trust and that you know and somebody that’s going to be honest with you more so than the company.

Now some people will say you know what we’re going to go to the company doctor and if we ever disagree with him at that point we’ll go to our own doctor. But let me tell you unfortunately it’s usually too late at that point because what you have is a long record of you going to a doctor and all of a sudden when he releases you, you suddenly disagree with him and you don’t like him as your treating doctor. It’s very, very hard in a case to overcome that type of evidence against you from a doctor that you willfully and voluntarily went to for so long. Our best advice is always insist that you go to a doctor that you chose and that you trust.

Contact the Louisiana Maritime Lawyers at The Young Firm if you have any questions at all regarding your rights! We have been helping injured Louisiana Jones Act and maritime workers for years. Your case is about more than your injury; your case is about your future.