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harold scherr

Date: Thu, 06/03/2010 - 15:25

Submitted by delly
on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 15:25

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Want to know if i am legally obligated to pay a bill that was not paid by the workers compensation company after an injury. Injury was 03/2004 has been sold to 3 collection agencies


If the services were rendered to you, then you have to pay it yourself if workers comp doesn't. If you have a dispute with worker's comp about who has to pay it, you can either fight it out with the worker's comp people and take the chance that the creditor won't get a judgment lien against you or you can pay it now and fight with worker's comp about getting reimbursed.
If you're asking about statutes of limitations . . . whether you have to pay it because about 6 years have passed, the answer is yes. The law doesn't cancel a debt after a certain period, only prevents the creditor from taking you to court after a certain period (the statute of limitations). The only way to get rid of a debt is to pay it or go through Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Transferring the debt to a collection agency doesn't change the fact you owe the money, by buying the account the collection agencies has become your new creditor.

I hope I have answered your question.


lrhall41

Submitted by OVLG Attorney on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 15:33

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