Denied Benefits, Man's Widow Tries To Change Va. Workers' Comp Law

GuysLady · Jun 14, 2009

On a damp early morning in September 2006, trucker Arthur Pierce was found lying next to his rig, unconscious in a small pool of blood.

No one saw what happened to Pierce, 64, in the Owen Trucking parking lot outside Fredericksburg, but investigators who reconstructed the scene would later testify that Pierce, while getting ready for his daily drive, had fallen about 12 feet from the top of a ladder on the side of his truck and hit his head on the concrete.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/13/AR2009061302124.html

Comments from the peanut gallery:

This is just downright DISGUSTING!

goose19726 · Jun 14, 2009

workers compensation laws are designed to screw over the worker, just to protect the companies from the occasional fraud

Roadmedic · Jun 14, 2009

goose19726 said: ↑

workers compensation laws are designed to screw over the worker, just to protect the companies from the occasional fraud
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That makes it right.

Big Country · Jun 14, 2009

Worker's Comp laws are geared to protect the company and not the worker, they should call it Company Compensation. Why do you think all the big businesses want to be in Virginia.

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