Friday, June 27, 2008

Rant 20 - RISD fires, sues employee hit by van on campus

You can read the full story here.

I hereby renounce my affiliation with the city of Richardson and Richardson ISD. I grew up in Richardson and attended RISD schools and you can see what wonderful schools they are. But after seeing this story on the news last night I am disgusted beyond words. Anyone who has seen "SiCKO" knows the state of health care in the US and by now we have come to expect that Workers Comp in the state of Texas is completely inadequate. What really burns me up about this story though is that the fucking RISD not only fired the guy because he couldn't work due to his injuries, but now they are suing him to recover the cost of his treatment from his work related injuries! What the hell did he pay insurance for? Money came out of his paycheck, as well as thousands of other RISD employees, every month and went to the insurance company. Another thing that pisses me off is when you watch the video of the deposition the scumbag lawyers confuse and harass this guy (who is autistic). You people should be ashamed of yourselves; first for even agreeing to take this case, and second for treating this guy with so little respect.
I am astonished that this guy or some other blood sucking lawyer isn't counter suing the RISD and the van driver's insurance, after all he was hit by a car on school property.

I think the RISD and the lawyers that work for them deserve the "Shit Head" of the year award.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I totally agree with your comments..... but fyi..... the public schools are protected from some types of lawsuits... how convienent.... but I think there are more investigations and maybe fines coming for the RISD.... and very much deserved.... I bet this would have a different outcome had this happened to one of the administators or school board members or their family member~