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To: Ilaine who wrote (64755)	8/27/2004 3:50:11 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

OT - <font color=blue>"YOur story highlights another side to the insurance fraud business -- the insurance companies have doctors on the payroll who will sign what they are told to sign."<font color=black> Well, that's what I ran into. This doctor spent less than 3 minutes performing his so called orthopedic exam. This was done in a tiny exam room with the examination table jammed against two walls. My injured knee next to the wall with my foot touching the other wall. This prohibited him from physically being able to perform most of the orthopedic tests detailed did in his report. According to this shill, every test he allegedly performed was "normal", including results of many tests he never performed. Meanwhile my injured knee was visibly swollen & clearly larger than my good knee, but he reported them to be exactly the same size with no visible swelling, ET AL. Upon manual & assisted flexion my injured knee would pop & crack audibly (one of several symptoms of a torn meniscus). You could also feel it by placing your fingers on the knee as it was flexed. My good knee operated smoothly & silently. Of course his report said both knees were "normal". I could go on & on detailing the obvious lies & fraud in his report, but you get the picture. My wife was present for the exam. She was absolutely shocked when we saw his "official" report. Neither of us could believe he could get away with so much obvious fraud. Workman's Comp used his report exclusively in determining that all I ever had was a small contusion (My leg was grotesquely swollen & bruised from my knee to my ankle. It was black, blue, red, green & purple.). They completely ignored several conflicting reports from my orthopedic surgeon & the emergency room. Hell, I won't even go into the due process I was consistently denied, the laws & regs they frequently & repeatedly violated as they attempted to close my claim with prejudice. That also included multiple violations of FOIA & the Privacy Act.