Legal assistance with personal injury and WIA benefits

Questioner

My question is as follows: In 2003, my brother was hit by a tram at his work (government) (RET, then still government). He suffered whiplash as it turned out over the years. The complaints became worse and worse until my brother could no longer work. I was never offered adapted work (only work where his complaints were not taken into account) and the papers from the accident are supposedly nowhere to be found. Not at either RET or government. After being ill for 2 years, my brother was fired. He did not object to this because he could no longer cope psychologically and felt abandoned. Now my brother is with UWV and has a WIA benefit of 34.8% and other WW benefits. My brother can no longer do anything. I have to take him and pick him up, but the UWV continues to insist that he can and when applying for jobs, he should definitely not say what he has, says the UWV. But of course this does not work! What should we do about this now. Can we still go back to the fact that he had that accident or does this no longer make sense after dismissal?

Lawyer

The accident was so long ago that going back to it now is pointless. He may still be able to object to the WIA benefit, but there is a period of 6 weeks after he received the decision. If no objection is made within that period, there is no point in taking further action.

Lawyer

Dear questioner, In the event that RET has never been held liable, then it is indeed too late to do so now. The claim has then expired. Has there ever been any contact between your brother and RET and/or RET's insurer following the accident?