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Cop who fell on the job sues family of baby who almost drowned
Orlando Sentinel ^
| October 10, 2007
| Rene Stutzman
Posted on 10/10/2007 9:40:10 AM PDT by Abathar
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To: khnyny
On the news last night it was reported that the police chief does not support the lawsuit
To: fella
Behind this cops actions there is a lawyer. Lawyers are empowered by greedy people.
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posted on
10/11/2007 7:34:30 AM PDT
by
AnOldCowhand
(The west is dead. You may lose a sweetheart, but you will never forget her - Charles Russell)
To: Abathar
Oh my God, that poor, poor child. How horrible.
Parents, PLEASE - know where your child is at all times and don't let them out of your sight!
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posted on
10/11/2007 7:41:08 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: PAR35
“I didn’t notice from the story that the child had a father. Did I miss something there?”
Damn, that changes everything, this police officer should double the amount she’s seeking, being forced to go to a 911 call at a home with an immoral single mother and her enabling parents.
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To: Dianna
If this isnt “conduct unbecoming of an officer”....what is?
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posted on
10/11/2007 11:21:01 AM PDT
by
Crim
(Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
To: Abathar
I just saw this story on Fox News and I want to break stuff now. What an evil rotten witch. Her and the lawyer should be thrown in prison, for harassing this poor family.
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posted on
10/11/2007 11:27:21 AM PDT
by
Dengar01
To: Abathar
"I thought this is what workman's comp was suppose to be for..." A worker's comp carrier can try to subrogate against a third party if there's a possibility of liability/negligence other than the employer. For example, if you're a carpenter working for a construction company, but the ladder you're climbing breaks because of faulty materials or construction, your employer's worker's comp carrier will go after the general liability carrier for the ladder manufacurer. I suspect that's what's going on here...Some municipalities, particularly the larger ones, are self-insured for either worker's comp, liability or both, and may be leaving the officer hanging out to dry with her medical bills.
Having said all that, I think suing the family is an unmitigated act of the highest sleaziness.
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posted on
10/11/2007 11:39:06 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
I agree with you Joe, but a police officer is put in situations far more diverse than most standard employment, and recognizing this I do believe the state helps municipalities with WC costs simply because officers and firemen are always getting hurt on the job. It truly is an occupational hazard for them to go to work every day and they know that when they join.
If the WC isn't paying her bills then she needs to go after them with a lawyer, not the homeowner. Standing where the EMT's were administering CPR on a drowning victim and then slipping in the water should directly fall under WC, she needs to go after them, not the panicked family members who quite frankly at that moment would give a rats *ss if the police were there afterwords or not, much less a couple of cups of water on the floor.
I can't believe that she would go through with this knowing what the other officers she has to work with must feel about it deep down inside, with the publicity she is getting I bet she retires soon.
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posted on
10/11/2007 11:55:13 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Joe 6-pack
Oh, and I am not sure so don’t quote me yet, but I think I read in another article that the family doesn’t have insurance for this, I will have to check.
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posted on
10/11/2007 11:58:51 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Joe 6-pack
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910071/posts
She dropped her suit.
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posted on
10/12/2007 4:45:14 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: dmz
One lawyer in town = He drives a Yugo
Two lawyers in town = They both drive Mercedes Benzes
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