Louisiana Workers We Represent

David: I was in the military eight years. I suffered from PTSD and OCD. My time in the military, I think made it worse due to the stress. My parents had been helping me out, and they suggested that I try to get my Social Security or Disability. And so I did that and they sent me to Charity Hospital, and that’s where I saw somebody there, and they sent me to another place in Marrero where I live. And that’s where I was diagnosed. I’d been on a SSI, disability. From 2003 to 2013, 10 years. And then I got an inheritance and I was told by the Social Security office that once my inheritance was spent, that I would automatically get the disability back. It didn’t work that way. I had to reapply. I was denied. And then that’s when I contacted Workman’s Comp.

The way I heard of Workman’s Comp was I looked in the phone book for a lawyer nearby in Gretna, Louisiana. And I called the lawyer and I said I was looking for someone that did SSI Disability. And the lawyer, he just gave me a phone number and I called that number and it turned out to be Workman’s Comp. It was Monica, Monica Ferrero at Workman’s Comp. My neighbor at the time he Googled. We didn’t know Workman’s Comp. We knew Monica Ferraro for the name that she gave me over the phone. And he Googled Monica Ferraro and her credentials. She was educated at the best schools in Italy. She met the Pope when she was a child. Ms. Ferraro went to the court and met me at the courthouse. And we talked before we went in to the see the judge. And we went in, we went in and see the judge. There was an expert witness there. She ruled in my favor three times. And at the time I thought it was over, I thought I lost. I misunderstood. And on the way coming out of the courtroom, Ms. Ferrero is going like this, smiling and going like this in front of the judge.

And I told her, ma’am I said, if it don’t work out, I thank you for your help. And she said, no, you won. But it’s going to take a little while to get your money.

If you’re injured on the job or need help with Workman’s Comp for Social Security call Workman’s Comp LLC. You’ll be glad you did.

Ernest Mitchell: I was an 18-Wheeler driver. I handle a lot of hazmat, hazard material, stuff like that, you know. Basically my job was driving, roughly about 500, maybe 300 miles a night. And this particular night I took a run to Jackson. I got ready to disassemble the trailers and the dolly, which is the center piece between the two trailers, we call it the dolly. I got ready to move that, position it. And the brakes locked up on me. Finding the brakes locking up on, it throwed me. You know the dolly weighs about like 4,000, maybe 5,000 pounds, you know. But it’s very easily removed if it’s maneuvered right.

This particular case, the dolly locked up on me and I slipped. And when I slipped, I tried to avoid the dolly, you know, to keep it from falling on me. I hit the back of the trailer and my spine.

First day I ignored it, but I decided to go to the doctor the next day. And the doctor took an X-ray and said, your lumbar, it’s out of alignment along with your spine is swollen.

My company sent me to their doctor. Their doctor sent me to another doctor and another doctor and another doctor.

I decided I better get an attorney involved with this because I feel as though I was being, you know, shoved around. I’ve been there for 31 years, roughly 32 years. It took roughly about six months for me to get together with Workman’s Comp, LLC. Suzette Murphy, which happened to be my attorney. I felt really comfortable around her staff. When I talked to Suzette it was my mind talking to me, “do it this way and this was going to happen.” That’s how I feel.

Like I say, without Suzette Murphy being involved, I think I would have been really up in bad shape. You know, if you’re injured on the job, I advise you to call Workers’ Comp, LLC, immediately.

Staci Hughes: I was a social worker and I was in the public school system. One day I was at work and a 17-year-old student gotten upset at me and threw a football at me, hitting me right here, causing a traumatic brain injury. So after I got hit with the football, I went to the ER that night or that day. They did I think a CT scan, and they didn’t find anything on the scan. And then I went home a couple of hours later, I had what they think could have been a seizure. So I went back to the ER, and they dismissed me again. Some of the symptoms that I still have from my traumatic brain injury are memory loss, slurring of speech, ongoing pain in my neck. From what I can remember, the school system is still denying responsibility for my claim.

So we paid everything out of pocket because they denied all of our claims. They wouldn’t reimburse us for anything. A friend of ours who is an attorney, had referred us to, or suggested that we talk to Tim Benedetto at Workers’ Comp, LLC. Tim is very knowledgeable about workman’s comp law. He knows it in and out. He is very caring. He takes the time to make you feel comfortable and you can keep asking questions, and he’ll just keep making you feel as comfortable as you need with the right answers. And he does what he says he’s going to do. Every time we were in the courtroom, he was sharp. He knew the law, he knew the right questions to ask the judge. I would refer anyone who is in need of an attorney that is injured at their work to Workers’ Comp LLC.

Oscar Godoy: I’m an -wheeler truck driver. I’ve been driving a truck from 1992. My job is pickup and delivery, products like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel sometimes. What happened was I went to deliver the diesel to this gas station, and the numbers we have don’t match? So that was too much product, that don’t fit in a storage tank. So what I do, my hose is filled with diesel. We’re talking about 20 feet long, six-inch hose full of diesel. And then you had to cap, put caps on each side and then move the hoses from the ground to your truck storage. I was carrying this hose over my head, trying to push inside my loading rack, and I fell. The heavy hose coming to me. So I bend over to push it harder, and that’s when I fell my. My back.

I called my company and I spoke with my dispatch and I told her I don’t feel good. So they told me I still had two more loads to do, but I went home, and I went to ER. After three year with this lawyer, communication was bad. They cut my payments, workers’ comp payment. So I call my lawyer several times. They never answer. They never had an answer for me. That’s when I decide to call a Workers’ Comp lawyer. I spoke with Daren Sarphie, and he’s the one who’s getting my case. And I’m glad for him. If anybody needs a lawyer and be heard, call Workers’ Comp, LLC, and they can help.

Derrick Day: My full-time career is industrial painter in the Gulf of Mexico. It happened to be slow that year and I went to work as a carpenter’s helper. I was working on a job and we needed to do some waterproofing, so we were going to do it with some roll roofing. And I went to pick it up and carry it up a ladder, and it was just too heavy for me. I felt a sharp twinge in my back. And I continued to work the rest of the day thinking I just pulled a muscle or something. But come the next morning, it was impossible to get up to go to work. And I called my employer and told him what had happened. And I need a file a claim to see a doctor. And he told me that I couldn’t because I worked under a 1099.

So that’s when I called Daren’s office. I learned about him from my younger brother. My younger brother used him several years before and Daren told me what to do. He typed the company’s name in his computer. He said, “Oh yeah, they’re insured on Home Builders Association, so I want you to go to the hospital to get your records. Go see my chiropractor and bring it all to me.”

When I got to Daren’s office, you know, the appointment he had been had been set and I was immediately ushered into his office. His staff was great. Daren’s assistant Maria, she was very helpful in answering all my questions very quickly. And if she couldn’t answer the phone at the time, she would return my phone call that day.

After three years, you know, Daren was able to have workman’s compensation pay my benefits for those three years. They paid all my medical bills, paid for my surgery, paid for my physical rehabilitation. And after tad over three years, I’m back to work now.

You know, over the past three years, Daren and his staff and everybody at Workers’ Comp, LLC, has become more of a family to me than just an attorney. I would highly recommend Worker’s Comp, LLC. Daren Sarphie and Workers’ Comp, LLC, handled every aspect of my case. I never had to step foot in a courtroom. If you’re injured on a job, I would recommend you document everything and contact Workers’ Comp, LLC, immediately.

Leroy: I was working at the Williams Geismar plant in Baton Rouge, and I’m a pipe fitter. At the time of the explosion, I was in the scaffold when it blew up. And I just happen to you know, I thank God, I was able to survive that. That’s when I tried to get some help from the employer, I mean, it was like hard. He didn’t want to compensate me for my injury. I contacted the firm. And without Mr. Corey, I wouldn’t have made it. I mean, it would be a struggle. It’s hard without an attorney on your side.

Mike: At the time of my injury, I was on board a ship in the Mississippi river at anchorage. I wound hurting my back lifting a heavy gang box. I’ve worked for 27 years and I never for a moment thought that I would ever be out of work. I thought I was just going to work forever until I retired.

The only reason I made a decision to call an attorney was because I felt like I was being pushed by the worker’s comp company to just hurry up and end in the case, get rid of me and shove me back to work. I always felt like Workers’ Comp, LLC, had my back. Whenever there was a problem, I wasn’t just out there by myself. They were going to take care of it for me.

You won’t be disappointed in the results. They will not push you around any longer.

Raymond: I was working for a military contractor, security contractor overseas and was sprayed down with a pesticide. When you go to an attorney and tell them you worked overseas and a top secret operation, so I was kind of limited to what I could tell him. Everybody seemed baffled by that.

And then I finally met an attorney that recommended Mr. Unger. The fact that another attorney would recommend Mr. Unger, it pretty much told me that he was probably the best at what he does. And if you’re injured on a job, I recommend that you document everything that happened.

Call Workmans’ Comp, LLC. You won’t be disappointed.