The 4 year figure was in reference to the appeal. Unlike you I wasn't too lazy to look into the matter. And besides as a UPS cardboard slinger matters such as these are taken care of well in advance of you punching the clock and that is all you have to worry about.You said the accident was four years ago, not the appeal.
And FDX contractor on the other hand has every cent of the risk liability and variable costs resting on his shoulders. And that is what makes them different than you. Now would you have held up under that kind of pressure? You already know what my answer would be.