Schneider National Carriers, Inc Wrongful Termination Green Bay , Wisconsin

I'm very sorry to hear about your injury and quitting/release.  I've been with SN for many years, and several years ago, I was injured myself.  My experience was totally the opposite of yours, as everyone from Occ Health to my STL (before they were DBL's) were very helpful and accomodative.  I honestly could not have asked for more from the people at Schneider, and the insurance program was literally a life-saver.  Over $50,000 in bills, and it cost me less than $1500.  However, your situation was unfortunately totally different, and I'm sorry about that.  I was out for only about 1.5 month, not 3 months--and I don't have high blood pressure.  I suspect that this--high blood pressure--is probably the issue here, honestly, as that is a DOT thing, and SN will use that against you because the DOT will use that against them.  You might have heard, also, about the new CSA 2010 regulations will likely force many drivers with high blood pressure (and other ailments like sleep apnea) out of the truck entirely.  Unfortunately, your calf injury might make you incapable of performing the part of the DOT physical where you have to stretch your toes up to the ceiling.  I don't know enough about your situation to say either way who's right, but I can see both sides.  As for them terminating you after you say you'd already quit--that's clearly NOT right, and there was obviously either a failure to communicate your call to your DBL, or it was deliberately ignored.  It could be either, and that's why these things are always best done in writing.  For your future experience, you'll want to send in your resignation by registered mail (even a fax is better than a phone call, ask that you have someone sign it and fax it back).  But that's water under the bridge, so what you need to do now is immediately is get a copy of your DAC report from HireRight.  You can search the net for "DAC hireright" and you'll find thier address--they are required to give you a copy of you DAC every twelve months if you ask for it.  You need to review it and make sure there is no inaccurate information on there, including that SN "terminated" you.  I suggest that you do this because if you are able to get your health situation repaired and you'd like to return to the truck, you need to make sure that SN does not put "terminated" down on your DAC, as this will make it harder to find another company.  You can challenge inaccurate information on the DAC through HireRight--but good luck.  You HAVE to start early, as the more time passes, the less responsive anyone is to corrections.  Also, I would suggest contacting more people within SN to get the "termination" changed to "quit."  Finally, no matter what happens with SN or anyone else, you have to focus on your health.  Your health is first and foremost, and don't let this situation with SN (or anything else, really) get under your skin.  It sounds like you might be ready to move on to other things, and that's probably best for you.  Again, I'm sorry about your bad experience at SN, because I have had a great ride here.

I hope you feel better.  By the way, who is now paying for your health bills related to the injury and your other health expenses--are you on COBRA?