Legal Question in Employment Law in California

The company I worked for offered, paid by them, vaccination shots. They said if I was billed to send it to them and it'd be taken care of. I've received 3 bills in the last few months and called and kept in contact with the company who told me to send it to them and they assured it would be taken care of. On a follow up call, I was assured it was taken care of. Now I get another bill saying the same thing is seriously past due. This will go on my credit. I called the company and even though I did this before they planned to file for chapter 11, they said nothing will be dealt with until the chapter 11 is finished. So they lied to me in the first place...what do i do?


Asked on 1/07/10, 3:43 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Frank Pray Employment Law Office of Frank Pray

Well, so much for good intentions. The idea was apparently to keep the work force healthy and avoid loss of productivity.

The Bankruptcy Court has exclusive jurisdiction over your claim now. The reality is that your claim is so small it will get lost among the bigger claimants (like suppliers). You might seek a class action approach, with one attorney (see a bankruptcy lawyer) submitting joint, consolidated claims to the trustee/bankruptcy judge--and obtain a more sympathetic response. Bottom line: stand in line, and in relative order of priority for payment. You'll probably never be reimbursed.

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Answered on 1/14/10, 6:29 pm


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