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We've been using a nanny to watch our son (in home) throughout the week. Thankfully, we've been doing everything over the table and by the book, filing taxes, etc. We pay hourly, each week via check. This is in Virginia.
Rewind back to the end of last year: on the way into work, she was in a car accident. Her car was totaled and she said it was the other driver's fault. She called my wife, who picked her up at the accident after her car was towed away and took her to the hospital at her request (she said she was fine, but wanted to go just in case). For the next few weeks, we texted back and forth and she was unable to work because she said she had been injured. She said she needed to rehab, etc. but the appointments kept getting pushed back. No idea if she was really hurt, but I'll assume that she was.
Anyways, long story short, after a couple weeks of waiting to see if she could return and check-ins by text, we couldn't wait any longer and let her know we would need to find someone else to watch our son (my wife and I had been taking weeks of PTO to watch him ourselves in a pinch). She understood and we left things on good terms (this was all over text).
I just received a questionnaire in the mail from her attorney asking me, her employer, for a number of details, like dates of employment, pay rate, etc. Most of it can be found in her pay stubs I provided her each week. It also asks about how many days she missed from work since the date of the accident, if her pay rate changed after, etc. This seems a little odd since she never came back to work after the accident. I'm naturally hesitant to sign any documentation or provide additional details in case they are looking for information to use against me for some reason. But I also want to help the nanny in case she's just gathering details to use in a case against the insurance company of the driver that hit her (for lost wages, medical care, etc.).
Any thoughts on whether I should provide this information to the attorney and send it back to their office, or if that could be a bad idea? I can't think of any reason or way in which this could be used against me, but I'm a bit hesitant to provide information to someone's attorney when I'm not certain how the information will be used. Like I mentioned, everything we've done has been over the table and the date before the accident was the last date she came into work (her accident was the next morning on the drive in, but not during working hours, etc.) and that's the last we've seen of her in person.
Rewind back to the end of last year: on the way into work, she was in a car accident. Her car was totaled and she said it was the other driver's fault. She called my wife, who picked her up at the accident after her car was towed away and took her to the hospital at her request (she said she was fine, but wanted to go just in case). For the next few weeks, we texted back and forth and she was unable to work because she said she had been injured. She said she needed to rehab, etc. but the appointments kept getting pushed back. No idea if she was really hurt, but I'll assume that she was.
Anyways, long story short, after a couple weeks of waiting to see if she could return and check-ins by text, we couldn't wait any longer and let her know we would need to find someone else to watch our son (my wife and I had been taking weeks of PTO to watch him ourselves in a pinch). She understood and we left things on good terms (this was all over text).
I just received a questionnaire in the mail from her attorney asking me, her employer, for a number of details, like dates of employment, pay rate, etc. Most of it can be found in her pay stubs I provided her each week. It also asks about how many days she missed from work since the date of the accident, if her pay rate changed after, etc. This seems a little odd since she never came back to work after the accident. I'm naturally hesitant to sign any documentation or provide additional details in case they are looking for information to use against me for some reason. But I also want to help the nanny in case she's just gathering details to use in a case against the insurance company of the driver that hit her (for lost wages, medical care, etc.).
Any thoughts on whether I should provide this information to the attorney and send it back to their office, or if that could be a bad idea? I can't think of any reason or way in which this could be used against me, but I'm a bit hesitant to provide information to someone's attorney when I'm not certain how the information will be used. Like I mentioned, everything we've done has been over the table and the date before the accident was the last date she came into work (her accident was the next morning on the drive in, but not during working hours, etc.) and that's the last we've seen of her in person.
