Posted on 10/23/2011 1:40:53 PM PDT by Cardhu
His medical insurance, if he had it, would deny the claim.
It happened on the job, while he was doing his job, at a task he was trained to take action on.
Pay up.
Funny. I was just thinking the same thing. This guy goes the hero route. Gets kicked in the ass. Meanwhile, that psycho "adult baby" gets to stay on SSI. Weird world.
The thing that gets me is... $2.5 MILLION dollars??? Yeah, I get it, the guy was busted up, but did he get a bionic limb as part of his treatment?
Took 23 posts to get to the heart of the matter. The hospital and doctors are running up the tab thinking that since he was on the job the company would pay.
I bet all the forms he filled out asked if he was on the job and, of course, he answered "yes".
They thought they could cover a lot of uninsured patients' debt by padding this tab.
I suppose the question will be how the state courts have interpreted the word ‘accident’. The state code is here http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C200-299/2870000120.HTM. Just because the injury occurs on the job, it may not be covered. If you have a heart attack at work, it may not be covered by workers comp since you probably would have had the heart attack even if you were not at work.
I never said they’d pay enough to cover his bills. Common limits here are $1,000,000.00 per occurrence with general liability required to cover any medical overage. Indemnity and disability are by formula, so I cannot speak to that.
$250,000? Used to be is right.
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