- Jurisdiction
- Texas
I have worked for 9 months as the sole employee for a roofing contracting company. My boss has always stated he has liability insurance. Work slowed over the winter, I had enough in savings that with the few roofs that we worked on I was able to stay on with him. He took a second job as a manager for a moving company to help himself meet bills. Two months ago he called me and asked if I could work part time for the moving company. The first day on I slipped and fell against some wood cutting machinery at the house of a client that was being moved. I ended up needing surgery to suture the 2 inch gash I had in my leg. I stayed one night in the hospital. I was released the next afternoon. He had already called and told me that I could go to his house and stay there until he got off, he wanted to talk about it. He informed me that I was going to fall under the moving company insurance. He had already talked to them and they would take care of it. Now two months later after I have inquired many times of him as to who I should contact concerning this, I told him that I was just going to call the moving companies owner. I was fired an hour later when he arrived at the job site. Instead of letting me take the company truck back to the shop, he dropped me off in a random parking lot in a town 2 hours from my house. Turns out that he told the company that my private insurance would cover it. I don't even have private insurance. I also found out that he didn't carry liability insurance at the time. I am not sure what to do.
