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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.

67 posted on 10/11/2007 11:39:06 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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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.

68 posted on 10/11/2007 11:55:13 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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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.
69 posted on 10/11/2007 11:58:51 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Joe 6-pack
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She dropped her suit.

70 posted on 10/12/2007 4:45:14 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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