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Injured Employee Featured In Workers' Comp Investigation Settles Her Case : NAR 12/16/18, 11:45 AM <br />over that provision and others in the state's opt -out law. <br />:esCare and Jenkins agreed not to disclose the details of this week's settlement, but <br />Bob Burke, Jenkins' attorney, says the monetary settlement gives Jenkins enough <br />money to get her shoulder treated, recover lost wages and provide the same type of <br />disability payments Jenkins would have received if ResCare had remained in the <br />workers' comp system. <br />"ResCare was reasonable in providing monetary compensation for medical care and <br />for permanent disability," Burke says. <br />He adds that Jenkins is planning to get treatment and find another job. <br />Jenkins says the settlement negotiations "went great." But she noted that she expects <br />to be "dealing with my shoulder the rest of my life." <br />A, spokeswoman for ResCare says the company does not comment on pending or past <br />Litigation. <br />Burke says the settlement resolves the Jenkins lawsuit but other clients still have <br />ongoing cases. <br />ResCare initially denied benefits for the injury despite the fact that her supervisor <br />witnessed the incident. Jenkins endured 16 days of pain while unable to afford <br />treatment and worried about getting back to work. <br />"I went through hell, a whole lot of pain where I was in tears," Jenkins told NPR and <br />ProPublica last year. "I was just thinking ... 'How am I going to take care of my kids? " <br />ResCare reversed the denial after pressure from Jenkins' colleagues. <br />The settlement follows a recent ruling by the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation <br />https://www.npr.org/2016 /04/14/474215041/injured-employee-featured-in-workers-comp-investigation-settles-her-case Page 3 of 12 <br />