I am 63 years old and was hired by JoAnn's Crafts and Fabrics. I am disabled, being a lung cancer survivor. I was put to work in the office. The problem was the store was in the process of setting up for an opening a month away. I thought...well I could do office work. Well when I showed up for work my office job was more than I bargained for. I was assigned the job of lifting office supplies and carrying them from a hallway which was outside the breakroom of the office about 35 feet away from the hallway. There were no shelves in the office yet, so I had to put the supplies on the floor (which meant lifting some heavy items from places near the floor and carrying them 35 feet away to place on the floor in the office area. In doing so I strained so much for two days and felt like I had hurt myself. I realized that I had strained to the point that my bladder, ureatha, and vergina wall fell. I had a gyn exam about 3 weeks before I began working at the store. A couple of weeks after quitting my job I went to see my gyn again because of the discomfort and having problems uranating. Although everything had been normal just a few weeks back, now I had this problem with my bladder, ect, and I have to have surgery. I told the management when working that some items were too heavy for me. I suggested that they use some of the young stockmen to move the heavy items. But they ignored me and didn't seem to care. So after the second day I could not endure any more. Now they say that they are not responsible for my injuries. I feel that they were pushing me so that in fact I would quit ...because of the excessive work. Do I have a lawsuit? If I don't survive after surgery can my family sue? JoAnn's say they are not responsiable and they say I can't prove it was work related.