What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 1071 - 347: A Shocking Case_3

Moreover, this kind of life is truly too tormenting.

"Now then, tell me everything you know about the situation. Remember, you must speak the truth. If you lie, I won’t help you," Lawyer Tang continued.

Lin Nannan’s mother nodded and began to recount the story.

Lawyer Tang listened quietly. The situation was roughly the same as what Lin Nannan had described in her private message, but there was an additional detail.

"Are you saying that at the time, Hanxi Construction Group Company conducted an accident investigation? Do you have the investigation report now?"

Lin Nannan’s mother shook her head and said, "We don’t have that investigation report. We just heard them mention it before. They said another worker was welding, and a spark flew into the box my husband was working on, igniting the paint and causing the explosion or something…"

Lawyer Tang nodded and then asked, "Then can you tell me why you didn’t call the police after the incident?"

This was a very important question. Logically, even if the companies were unwilling to report it to the authorities, as the family members of the victim, it should have been easy for them to call the police.

The two people exchanged glances, and finally, Lin Nannan’s mother began to speak. "Lawyer Tang, at the time, I was working at home when a friend of my husband, who was working alongside him, suddenly called saying something had happened to him."

"I rushed over there, and when I arrived, someone told me not to call the police. They said they were willing to compensate us, and later they did give us… fifty thousand yuan."

"We thought they were really taking responsibility. The money was all spent at the hospital, but after the money ran out, no one cared about us anymore. That’s when we started realizing there was a problem."

"When we tried to report it to the police later, they said it was too late to investigate, but they’d forward it to the relevant departments. Yet, to this day, we’ve heard nothing."

The truth is, a family like this simply doesn’t have the time to chase down government departments every day for a result. Afterward, everyone went back to Handong, and there was even less hope for progress.

Most likely, the company that paid them considered the payment a settlement fee.

Why is it that in some people’s eyes, they’d rather deal with fatalities than situations like Lin Youliang’s? Because such situations make the financial settlement unpredictable.

When someone dies, things are easier—they just pay a lump sum to satisfy the family.

But in cases of injury, medical expenses become a huge cost. When disabilities are involved, it’s even harder to resolve, and additional compensation might be required down the line.

Repeated efforts were starting to wear on Lawyer Tang. He closed his eyes for a moment before saying, "Have you ever considered applying for work injury recognition in cases like this?"

Although it’s unclear right now what the subcontracting relationships were in this case, judging by the involvement of a contractor, there’s a one hundred percent chance of illegal subcontracting issues.

Even though regulations prohibit illegal subcontracting, in practice, most projects violate this rule.

At this moment, the two were completely bewildered.

"Huh? Lawyer Tang, can we apply for work injury recognition? We asked those people before, and they said my husband was working under the contractor, just in a labor relationship. So they said he couldn’t apply for work injury recognition…"

Upon hearing this, Lawyer Tang asked again, "And you haven’t consulted a lawyer?"

"We did think about consulting a lawyer, but lawyers charge consultation fees, and there’s no way our family could afford that…"

"For cases like yours, you can apply for legal aid… Didn’t you know? Lin Nannan, since you know me, haven’t you come across anything like this while browsing online?"

Lin Nannan shook her head in response. She was only in eighth grade this year.

Looking at the confused expressions of the two people in front of him, Lawyer Tang sighed. Public education on legal matters still needed improvement. Otherwise, people wouldn’t even know when they’d been deceived or how they’d been deceived.

"What was the specific date of the incident?"

After learning the date, Lawyer Tang calculated carefully and then said, "It’s already been over three hundred days; thankfully, it’s still within the timeframe. We need to act quickly."

When an accident occurs, the employer has one month to apply for work injury recognition. If the employer doesn’t apply, close relatives, the union, etc., can apply within one year.

Once a year has passed, applications are no longer possible, meaning you lose your right to relief in this area entirely.

It sounds harsh, but that’s the reality. That’s why, when it comes to certain laws and regulations—especially those related to labor disputes—it’s always better to know more.

But the companies that deceive people are truly disgusting. They prey on people’s lack of legal knowledge, tricking as many as they can.

Right now, the priority is to quickly apply for work injury recognition!

Then, it’s time to properly deal with those companies.