As an Injured Worker, you may come across terms such as “motivation factors,” “secondary gain,” and “victimization, ” noted somewhere within the reporting on your case. This can appear in a medical report or an analysis of your case that has prepared by an Insurance Company, Defense Attorney or an Investigator. Some of these reports, which use these terms, you will never see. The documents are generated as attorney work-product and are not discoverable. In addition, as an Injured Worker, you also may not see any medical reports that deal with your mental health. Psychiatric or Psychological reports that discuss these factors are not provided to unrepresented injured workers. Continue reading