12/12/2024
This is absolutely the best Christmas Gift I have ever received. It is a true testament to what sets CZ Injury Law apart from other law firms.
In 2020, I received a workplace injury enquiry where the injured worker fell some 6 metres from a man cage of a crane. He suffered horrific injuries to his head, spine and psychiatric injuries.
At the time, I had provided my preliminary views on jurisdictional issues. He also approached 4 other law firms and surprisingly, they gave him advice that was the opposite to what I had provided. Given that I was alone in my views, the injured worker decided to engage one of the larger national law firms with the belief that their advice was correct.
Yesterday afternoon, I received a phone call from the injured worker. He immediately told me how relieved he was to finally track me down. We had a brief discussion about his case and he asked for some advice about his options. Last night, I received his heartfelt email. Below are extracts of the email that he sent me.
"Hi Rosana,
My name is ###xx ###x. I spoke to you in 2020.
That's how I found you 4 years later. You stood out as the only person besides my medical treaters that made sense as in a spade is a spade. I went though my emails and googled your name. I am scared, I have been lied to so many times that I have lost track.
I am just heart broken by the way I was managed at the beginning when it came to being told by my lawyer that I had no choice. This is the main reason I engaged them. Once again, he is a good lawyer but I deeply regret I did not proceed with you. I can't change the past but my past can continue to affect my future.
You may not realise, but in hindsight, in my experience, you are an Erin Brockovich compared to all the other lawyers I had ever spoken to. If you don't mind (because I care and sympathise with anyone who has to go through what I had to go through), I will tell my psychiatrist, psychologist and all my other medical treaters to send any of their future patients based on the Gold Coast or Brisbane with work injury claims straight to you and/or your firm.
My lawyer always shuts me down when I want to know about things such as cap exemptions. My lawyer never addressed the jurisdictional issues as clear as the way you did with me.
My lawyer has told me that my settlement meeting is next week and if you can let me know if you would be able to intervene or not, that would be wonderful. I value the fact that you call a spade a spade more than you could imagine. RESPECT!!! I have otherwise been told endless lies that is so ridiculous I don't even know how they can live with themselves.
I have lost everything and have had to use my super to survive this long. It's just heart breaking. Sorry, anyway, thank you so much and I will continue to push through. When I speak to you, I feel like a person. When I speak with other lawyers, I feel like they are the teacher and I am a naive child. I will leave it at that. Thank you so much for your time.
This experience has given me a very grim outlook on people and a disbelief that humans are worthy of trust. But you are a shining light and that is something. It may be very rare these days but you remind me it does exist.
Many thanks.
P"
