What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 1082 - 351: Lawyer Tang Creates a Stir in Xiping City_2

To put it simply, once you’re retired, you can’t be considered a worker anymore. So if you get injured, it definitely can’t be recognized as a work injury. What we have here is obviously a labor service relationship.

However, the court doesn’t agree.

So, unsurprisingly, Dayi Company lost the case.

Walking out of the court, the legal affairs director dialed the boss’s number.

"Hello? Mr. Chang, we lost the case... The court said there’s no issue recognizing it as a work injury."

On the other end of the line, Chang Huazhi instantly exploded:

"Lost? How the hell did the court rule? How is it even possible to lose? Didn’t you tell the court that Lin Youliang was hired by a foreman?"

"I did, Mr. Chang. But the court said we violated regulations by assigning this task to an unqualified individual."

"So once an accident occurred, our company had to bear responsibility for work injury insurance."

"I even showed them the contract we signed with the foreman..."

Chang Huazhi glared and said sharply, "Why? The court’s being unreasonable? So if that’s the case, every time something happens, we all have to assume responsibility?"

The legal affairs director said nothing. In truth, he really wanted to retort: Everyone’s been doing it this way, and courts have consistently ruled like this…

When nothing goes wrong, it’s fine. But when something happens, there’s no avoiding responsibility.

"What about the safety agreement? What did the court say about that?"

The legal affairs director spoke again: "The court said the safety agreement is irrelevant to this case..."

"Then what the hell were you even doing? Why didn’t you tell me earlier? What’s the point of that safety agreement, huh? Keeping you all on the payroll for nothing?"

After being scolded and hanging up the phone, the legal affairs director considered quitting. But then again, he wasn’t sure what else he’d do if he left.

Key thing is, he left his last job for the same reason.

In daily work, the legal risks he pointed out were completely ignored by his boss, who just went after whatever made money. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

As for losing money? Didn’t matter. It was only when the court forced them to pay that they’d comply with the judgment.

In the past, people at least cared about maintaining a bit of decency, not wanting the company to face legal disputes.

Now it feels like everything’s changed. Many companies are riddled with lawsuits, and some bosses even outright say this: if you want to collaborate, come find them—because they can’t board planes anymore...

Sigh, it’s really hard these days.

The company appealed, but it was to no avail. The Intermediate Court dismissed it at lightning speed, as if they were trying to avoid someone grasping at straws.

With no other options, the legal affairs director sought instructions again and then headed to Xiping City to apply for a retrial at the High Court.

However, the retrial wouldn’t affect the enforcement of the original judgment, meaning Lin Youliang could finally proceed with a disability assessment.

It was so arduous. For the first time, Lin Nannan truly understood what it meant to "fight for your rights."

Even when they were in the right, the other party resorted to every possible trick to obstruct and delay, while they could do nothing but endure it.

After multiple assessments, the results of Lin Youliang’s disability evaluation finally came out: Level 2 Disability!

Old Tang wasn’t surprised at all by this result. Given Lin Youliang’s current state of complete dependence, a Level 2 determination was entirely expected.

Next, it was time to calculate the work injury compensation.

The upfront hospital treatment costs, transportation, accommodation, and other expenses were no issue—those could just be calculated directly with the corresponding invoices.

In addition, the one-time disability compensation for a Level 2 Disability would amount to 25 months of his own wages.

For injuries classified from Level 1 to Level 4, there would also be monthly disability benefits paid: 90% of wages for Level 1, and 85% for Level 2.

Upon retirement, however, these disability benefits would cease and be replaced by basic pension insurance benefits as stipulated by local policy.

So, you can see how crucial work injury compensation is, right? It’s genuinely important!

Take Lin Youliang’s case, for instance. While the employer is required by law to pay, you must realize there’s a work injury insurance fund acting as a safety net!

That’s exactly why some places would rather someone die than face a grave disability… Let’s not even go there.

And if there’s no third-party liability in the accident, you can’t even pursue civil compensation—you’re only entitled to work injury compensation!

Without this avenue of relief, think about how miserable things could be. If the employer is slightly more reasonable, they might offer some humanitarian assistance.

But if they don’t care, you’re left with no recourse at all!

The local bureau of labor and social security made its decision on the work injury compensation. Dayi Human Resources Company in Modu City was ordered to pay over 5.39 million yuan for Lin Youliang’s related expenses.

This was a lump-sum payment, though part of it would go to the hospital, and some transportation costs would be reimbursed to Old Tang.

Then there’s the monthly disability stipend, which must be paid until retirement.

If not for Old Tang’s timely intervention, this money would’ve been impossible to secure. Some companies pull out all the stops to obstruct and delay reporting work injuries, their intentions utterly despicable!

When Lin Nannan and her family received the work injury compensation decision, they burst into tears of joy. It had been a year since Lin Youliang’s accident, and now, finally, they could see some money.

Though at this point, it was still just numbers on paper, it gave them at least a glimmer of hope.

In Modu, when Chang Huazhi looked at the compensation decision sent to him, he was utterly speechless.

"How could it be this much? Five million-plus, and that’s not even including the fact we still have to pay stipends every month? Why doesn’t he just die? If he died, this would all be over and done with!"

On the other end of the call, the legal affairs director remained silent. Compensation in such accidents is never cheap—costing far more than a single life.