Independent medical examination

And they say enough is enough.

And we're going to go get another IME, whether or not they even believe that that IME is going to hold up.

um, you know, there's some instances where they kind of want to starve my people out.

They know if they get their IME and it denies the case or disputes the case that they can cut him off.

And they know that it's a long process of getting it back to trial, getting the award, dealing with appeals all the while, my client's not getting paid.

And that's why we try to work, you know, so hard and so quickly to get to that point because, you know, timing is, is a vest to get these guys and gals, their, their benefits coming back in.

Let's just assume it was one of the judges that gave them 60 days.

So six months or so, we're coming back in front of the judge to find out whether that IME supported the employer's position or supported the claimant.

Best case scenario, that IME agreed with the claimant's physicians.

The employer says, "We throw in the towel." And so assuming the employer's physician supports their side of the case, then it's time for a mediation, which is usually, hopefully, if the judge's schedule permits, we go to a different judge.

Um, and there's a bunch of different judges.

If I walk into my first hearing, I know this case is gonna proceed on this particular path.

I've done it enough to know that I'm gonna have three or five hearings.

I'm gonna be back in front of this judge in three months with an IME, and I'm- then I'm going to a mediation, and if we don't settle, I'm doing depositions.