Have you been fired due to injury while working for JB Hunt? and denied benefits.....

the reason why I am asking is because I have a friend who was injured back on October 2006, by unwinding the tractor-trailer. he immediately called safety and followed their procedures from A-Z. was told to take a drug test, go to closet clinic or hospital and not leave without faxing back all necessary paperwork JB required or he was terminated.

he found out that he had an ACL joint separated from his rotarcuff, was told not to return to work until an ortho evaluated him and MRI was taken, of course, he was on med's.

He has been denied all benefits. Texas being an at-will state, says it all. oh and that ERISA thing, forget. there weren't any lawyers who wanted to touch it without having at least $6,000-$12,000 just to start. No money, come on, who are they kidding. this is ridiculous.

can i get any feedback from anyone who got fired from JB and ran across similar problems?

here's a question I have for most of you truckers: how many times has your trailer been inspected in a year or maintenance on it? ie, the landing gear and handles, etc. you get the point.

if you feel like sending me a private message feel free. just add ****** to my user name. thanks a lot jess.

 

well for those of you who don't know, ERISA means that JB is self insured, they don not carry workers comp in Texas and when i said "at-will-state", that means they can fire you for any reason.

but since they have ERISA, employees stand somewhat of a chance as far as trying to get whats rightfully yours, there is an appeal process, which leads into arbritation, not the whole court thing.

now if neither parties come to an agreement, then it does go into court later on after that.

texas happens to be a state that if you are working today, tomorrow you don't have to be working. your employer can fire you for any reason and they don't have to tell you why.

now this to me is certainly wrong, but it happens.

what my friend and i are trying to do is find other truckers that have worked for JB, got injured while employed by JB and then turned around and got FIRED by JB? we want to know what happened and what is being done right now about it.

let us know and we'll get back to you, thanks.

 

what does this stand for?, who are they?, what do they do?

i really do appreciate any feedback and all information given back to me.

thanks a lot guys.

 

he worked for JB Hunt as a company driver, never did owner op., can he still look into OOIDA?

thanks