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Originally Posted by C6REW
Hi Ricky,
Many thanks for the explanation, but you must try and take on board that we in the UK and I have now found some Americans see this as a joke through and through. To have someone sue for such an injury beggars belief to us.
But hey that's what makes us different.
I would certainly not call the title 'stupid', 'salacious' maybe, but as you can see I stole the title from the article.
So just chill out and take it for what it is, a bit of a laugh and no more.
Best regards
Chris
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Chris, I was talking about the title of the article. That title I consider to be both stupid and salacious. The fact that you chose to take the title of your post from the article is not important.
So, to have someone sue for $30,000 of medical damages that should have come from a fund that they paid into as an employee to cover on the job injuries is something that beggars belief to you?? Well, maybe that's because you live in a country with socialized medicine. We don't have that in the US. I wish we did, but we don't.
I find nothing about $30,000 in medical bills caused by a work injury to be funny or a joke. Sorry, I just don't. If a logger had an on the job injury and cut off his hand, and had to sue the logging company for medical coverage ... I suppose you all would think that's a joke too??
What level of medical damages do there have to be before it isn't a joke anymore?? Is there a particular amount of pain that is a joke ... and one that isn't?? I've had carpal tunnel ... and I didn't find the pain to be very funny myself, but hey .... you find other people's physical pain to be funny, and I don't. We are indeed very different.