personal files

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vikingfan Wrote:I have a leagl question. I am in Florida. I just received my case file and the w/c attorney took a form that says request for medical files and scratched out medical and hand wrote personal file for me. She sent it to my employer from 1988-2001. It included my application. I did not ok this and want to know can they legally request this from New Jersey? I got hurt at work in 2006 at a job in Florida. This form was scratched out which does not even seem legal. Why would they want a personal file for a employer from years ago which had nothing to do with my injury? Sounds like they are fishing. Is this legal?

At least here in California, my medical /work records were requested by the WC carrier for the past 15 years. They told me they were doing it and sent me copies. I was told it is within their rights to gather medical records and was (at leat in my case) covered by medical info releases I had signed early in the process.