$2.7 MILLION?? I’ve been in this business for 33 years and I have only seen a handful of $1M+ WC claims. And they usually involve serious injury with incredible medical bills and total disability for a young, highly paid worker. I don’t know how a prison guard in FL could make enough to rack up those kind of numbers.
From what I understand, prison guards make most of their money selling contraband to inmates to supplement the low wages! That is a huge settlement and it would be interesting to know how they came up with that figure. And if it was a result of rat dropping, how much will the State have to pay the inmates when they get out and have breathing problems?
I am with you on that point, Libby. How on earth did the WC carrier pay $2.7 million — unless he claimed reduced life expectancy based on an early age of (faked) illness.
How in the world is he the only one with the condition; shown smoking on surveillance and arrested wearing an oxygen mask? I guess he’ll find out what the other side of the bars feels like.
WOW!!! That sure seems like a lot of money paid out for such a relatively low wage earner. It sounds like the insurance company was just being a pay clerk. I sure hope there is more to this story on how he racked up $2.7M. That kind of money is for very, very serious claims.
$2.7 MILLION?? I’ve been in this business for 33 years and I have only seen a handful of $1M+ WC claims. And they usually involve serious injury with incredible medical bills and total disability for a young, highly paid worker. I don’t know how a prison guard in FL could make enough to rack up those kind of numbers.
From what I understand, prison guards make most of their money selling contraband to inmates to supplement the low wages! That is a huge settlement and it would be interesting to know how they came up with that figure. And if it was a result of rat dropping, how much will the State have to pay the inmates when they get out and have breathing problems?
I wonder if they figured those sales into his average weekly wage? It is Florida, after all.
I am with you on that point, Libby. How on earth did the WC carrier pay $2.7 million — unless he claimed reduced life expectancy based on an early age of (faked) illness.
How in the world is he the only one with the condition; shown smoking on surveillance and arrested wearing an oxygen mask? I guess he’ll find out what the other side of the bars feels like.
I hope so.
That’s why it’s called Flori-duh!
WOW!!! That sure seems like a lot of money paid out for such a relatively low wage earner. It sounds like the insurance company was just being a pay clerk. I sure hope there is more to this story on how he racked up $2.7M. That kind of money is for very, very serious claims.
I think it’s a misplaced decimal. $0.27 million claim is more like it.
Hope he has to marry the guy in the cell block who has the most cigarettes.