Damn, just when you think you heard it all.

[jim416]

Re: Damn, just when you think you heard it all.

Didn't mean you were ridiculous my friend. The female who "slipped" in water is.

Most states have workman's compensation. You get injured on the job, you are out injured, you file a claim. It's a gold mine here on the left coast.

[elicoleman]

Re: Damn, just when you think you heard it all.

Reading that just pisses me off.

I mean seriously, if someone in my own family tried to pull **** like that, I'd publicly call them out on that ****. What a joke.

[youvalss]

Re: Damn, just when you think you heard it all.

Why are there so many jerks in the world?

[MassNole]

Re: Damn, just when you think you heard it all.

Actually MasssNole, you are wrong in this instance(at least here in NYC) and I'm saying you are wrong because you seem to be stating that "because she is a police officer(I won't even call the worst P.O. a "cop") the liability is non-existant.
If you mean that the events seem to preclude that she has no case...than I would agree.
Just because someone is a civil servant, does not mean that anything that might happen to them in the line of duty can be written off to the job title. Not in the slightest.
Now I happen to agree with you guys in this case...it's totally ludicrous for her to even attempt to extend this families grief.
If this was a case that involved negligence....and especially gross negligence that was ongoing, I would say that any civil servant can expect to demand compensation for any serious injury that would alter their life in a negative way.
I can point to a few cases involving the F.D.N.Y. where people who caused injuries and sadly the deaths of fireman here were charged with crimes(and convicted). These were back in the "crack days" when there were vacants and the dealers would use these buildings to sell and have their "customers" use the drugs and in order to defend their turf they would often cut holes in the floor that only they and those coming into the building regularly would know they were there. During a fire cause by careless use of candles in the vacant(which the building was known to have people in regularly although vacant) Lt. of the F.D.N.Y was killed when he fell through the first floor into the basement where he became trapped and overcome by the fire.
The person responsible was convicted of (I'm going to say negligent homicide, but it was more likely manslaughter) and although the family was given a chance to sue...they declined and had the monies confiscated donated to a drug rehabilitation center.
Obviously this instance has nothing at all to do with the facts in this case, but I just wanted to point out that being a civil servant doesn't mean anything goes in regards to the job.......and I think most of the uniformed(a LARGE majority) simply accepts the fact that you could go to work one day and not come home the same person or worse.....leave for work and simply not come home.
This woman should be ashamed of herself IMO. She'll get her 3/4 disability pension and she should just take it and leave those people alone.

M.K.
Knight165

Not to be nit picky, but I said in that case. I didn't mean all liability in every instance is removed for civil servants, but in that case it very much would be.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Damn, just when you think you heard it all.

Looks like she dropped the lawsuit.

At the top it says
"Casselberry police Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn dropped her lawsuit against the family. She had hurt her knee while answering a call that the boy was drowning."

[Knight165]

Re: Damn, just when you think you heard it all.

Not to be nit picky, but I said in that case. I didn't mean all liability in every instance is removed for civil servants, but in that case it very much would be.

That's what I thought...but I wasn't sure.
At first when I read it I thought you were saying that "because she was a Police Officer...."....and I think someone else thought the same thing actually replying that he didn't realize there was a law for police officers like that, but after reading it a few times, yes, it became a little more obvious that you were referring to this particular incident.
Sorry for the confusion!

M.K.
Knight165