| Author | Subject: Smothers decision |
| Bonnie Jeglin | Posted At 21:27:39 05/10/2001
I was on a smoke break when an ALJ came out and informed me that the Smothers decision was in and it was a victory for injured workers. I got little done today. The Workers Comp Board was all a buzz and everyone was printing the decision and spending a lot of time going over it. During many conversations the question kept always coming up. What now? This decision (one we knew whould be made in our favor) is absolutely going to turn the insurance companies on their ears. What will happen at SAIF, at Liberty? One theory is that maybe SAIF will secretly be happy that this happened, for money sake. They have that large reserve and this may mean more reserves, or justifiable reserves, for them. Liberty can offer insurance for liability. It is a possiblity that these things can happen. The most important thing is that the constitution has been defined so that Major contributing cause and exclusive remedy together is the constitution violation that we all knew it was. Thanks to Scott Wrott for always reminding us of that. Thanks to all the injured workers who have hung in there and have not given up on the possibility that this could happen. I will be monitoring closely what happens from here. Remember everyone... we are stronger together. |
| Marty |
Re: Smothers decision (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 02:46:14 05/11/2001 Right on Bonnie. Thank you. We need people like you who have principles. It's sad that those with the most power in state government have turned their backs on their fellow citizens with these insane laws. |
| Tarzan |
Re: Smothers decision (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 00:24:33 05/12/2001 I second the motion. |
| Chris |
Re: Smothers decision (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 10:33:27 05/12/2001 The viciousness of work comp toward workers is another example of $power$ corrupting. The comp carriers have bought themselves every republican legislator in our state |
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