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Originally Posted by C6REW
Hi All,
I am amazed at the genuine statements from you outside the UK. We have all seen this as a joke in the UK, but not for the barrack room sex angle. It just seems crazy that someone would genuinely sue a company for such an injury.
Please don't take offence as none is meant, but it does seem incredible.
Best regards
Chris
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Well, in this country (the US) we have a system called "workers compensation". I think it exists in every state in the US, although I could be wrong.
The idea behind worker's comp is that the employer either pays into the fund or portion of your paycheck goes into the worker's compensation fund (I think ... this is NOT my area of law), and then if you have a job related injury, your employer is supposed to provide for your medical care for that injury under worker's comp.
However, if the employer denies that it is a work related injury, and you don't have alternative medical insurance ... you are pretty much dead in the water unless you have the money to pay for medical care privately.
So, this particular woman had an on the job injury, and her employer denied that it was an on the job injury, so she had to take the employer to court in order to get payment for her medical care.
If the employer had simply agreed that it was a work related injury, there would have been no reason for the suit.
The article ... well, really, the title of the thing is just stupid and salacious. However, I suppose that if the title were merely, "Woman Sues Employer for Work Related Injury" ... no one would read it. Granted, it's a weird job, and I would not want to be doing it .... but, an on the job injury is just that, pure and simple.