Q: If you cannot reach an agreement on benefits with your employer and the workers' compensation insurance company, you may have to file a lawsuit.  An experienced workers' compensation attorney knows all the ins and outs of your state's workers' compensation law, and will best be able to protect your rights. Since workers' compensation attorneys work on contingency, your ability to afford attorney's fees should not be a consideration. Read other workers' compensation cases that have been decided recently in your state, and talk to your attorney about how those opinions affect your case. Your employer and the insurance company have their own viewpoint on what happened, how you were injured, and how extensive your disability is. Understanding the opposing arguments can help you focus your case on the issues that are in dispute. For example, your employer may not deny that you were injured and sustained serious disability, but may contend that the injury did not occur while you were at work. This is especially important in chronic or stress-related injuries that occur over time rather than as a result of a single traumatic incident. Once you've determined what the key issues will be at trial, you know where you need to focus your search for evidence.  Typically your most effective and powerful witnesses will be medical professionals who can testify to the extent of your injuries and co-workers who saw you working or saw the specific incident that gave rise to the injury. If your state law gives you subpoena power, use the subpoena to better guarantee the attendance of witnesses at trial. If the employer or insurance company required you to get an independent medical examination, they typically sent you to a doctor who has a reputation for being more friendly to the interests of employers and insurers. In addition to your regular doctors, your attorney may send you to have another independent medical exam. This IME typically would be given by a doctor with a reputation for being more sensitive to claims of employees.
A: Hire an attorney. Research prior decisions. Analyze the arguments from the other side. Gather relevant evidence. Have another IME.

Q: Let your rationality guide you, but do not let it lead you astray. Following a religion does not make anyone superior, nor does your atheism make you superior to anyone. Atheism has no dogma. Don't be fanatical when discussing your beliefs with others, and try not to be pretentious. It's fine to be passionate about your beliefs, but there is no need to dismiss people for their methods of creating meaning.  An atheist respecting the beliefs of religious people is no different than a Jewish person respecting a Catholic's views. Remember that their views cannot be proved or disproved. If someone attacks with their opinions, you have every right to defend your decision. Consider, however, whether it will help either of you to argue about your difference in belief. Consider whether either of you is actually going to change his or her stance on the subject. Atheism is not a religion, it's the absence of any religion. Trying to proselytize or get people to change their minds about their beliefs makes you just as evangelistic as a religious person. Do not force your beliefs onto anyone. Not only will people be less likely to listen to aggressive, dismissive rhetoric—but you will risk falling into the same pattern of dogmatically-skewed logic that many atheists claim to eschew. If someone is going to lose their religion, they will walk that path in their own time and through their own questioning. Ask yourself whether it is your place or prerogative to move the process along. Try to see the similarities, rather than the differences, between yourself and religious people. The world is filled with kind, brilliant theists as well as kind, brilliant atheists. We are all human, and we are all trying to make sense of our existence. Consider your own search for existential meaning—perhaps through your exploration of atheism, and perhaps through other channels—and try to imagine how a religious person may have found similar peace through their own unique search. Learn how to explain why you are atheist, in case people ask. Atheism is often misunderstood, and you may get questions from curious people. Be as polite and informative as possible, and answer their questions as well as you can. Explain that it is not a belief, but a conclusion that you have come to based on the available evidence in the world.  If you are probed further about your atheism, it would be smart to bring up Bertrand Russell's Celestial Teapot idea, and explain that it does not make sense to you to believe in something simply because mankind lacks the evidence to disprove its existence. Open yourself up to a rational, two-way discussion. Treat other people—religious or otherwise—as intelligent human beings who are worthy of your respect.
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Respect the beliefs of others. Don't try to convert people to atheism. Empathize. Be ready to explain your beliefs.