Big Steve Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Workers comp claim will never go through. He has a 0.01 chance of getting it approved. However, an assault charge +1, and a lawsuit against the attacker and the company is a win-win situation. Violence in a workplace is never allowed unless u are in the UFC:D. He should have been instantly terminated. Unsafe work environment, pain & suffering, etc.... The guy with a broken jaw is "sittin on a gold mine" at the moment if or when he files a lawsuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cNeutron Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 major props to the dude that got hit for not fighting back. And the other guy is a girl who is worried about rumors when you work with a bunch of guys and over the age of 17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyall86 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Where the Eff do you work that you can punch someone and still be employed?? +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 major props to the dude that got hit for not fighting back. And the other guy is a girl who is worried about rumors when you work with a bunch of guys and over the age of 17. True story. The guy made a good call by not fighting back. And agreed that the attacker sounds like an immature pussy. "Like OMG I heard you were gossiping about me!!!!!" What a douche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattsn2o281 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 I went through something similar, roughly a year ago. Look, untill the 2 sides of the story are at least disclosed a lil, or we have an idea what the grounds for the confrontation were, don't be so quick to judge. There is always a point where you draw the line with being disrespected, unless your a spineless bitch that is, and yes, that means knocking someone up side the head at work if it is needed, job be damned. Six months was my limit of listening to a newly hired guy in his 50's threating me, threating my job, slacking off to the point i had to come in on the weekends, saying shit he had no business saying at work to my co-workers, basicly everything he could do to instigate and give me a black eye with the company. Add in managements refusal to intervene or reprimand in the least, well, i bet that mouthy fuck at least thinks about what he says to people now, and damn sure doesnt see the world the same way, or even half as clearly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormulaMatt Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 You should check your employee hand book. It probably says in there that it is a no tolerance workplace when it comes to violence. Most companies have it these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Where the Eff do you work that you can punch someone and still be employed?? for the record, i know of one of our employees stabbing another one (like, with a knife. a real one) and being back at work 3 days later. the guy who got stabbed was back at work 3 weeks later, at his station, right next to the guy who stabbed him. theyre cousins and act like they just got in a wrestling match or something. its freakin bananas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Ohio is not a right to work state. They should terminate the aggressor without reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 for the record, i know of one of our employees stabbing another one (like, with a knife. a real one) and being back at work 3 days later. the guy who got stabbed was back at work 3 weeks later, at his station, right next to the guy who stabbed him. theyre cousins and act like they just got in a wrestling match or something. its freakin bananas. That is freakin bananas. WTF is wrong with people? My coworkers usually just take out their frustrations on their keyboards. I think one guy is on his 4th or 5th. (We don't like human interaction on the night-shift). Sounds like a shitty situation for the victim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawboy1647545515 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Firing the aggressor is totally up to your workplace and their policies. The problem comes if they don't fire the employee or at a minimum make him seek some anger management, the employer could be liable should this happen again (even to someone else). Not terminating someone with a history of violence is both a danger and a liability. The person attacked in this case should have probably not received any discipline due to the fact that the proper steps were followed the way you described it. As far as compensation, it is 100% compensable in the state of Ohio. If the employee would like more retribution, he should file assault charges and a personal suit as others have said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturg1647545502 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 could you go after the complay for not firing the guy who jacked you in the jaw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawboy1647545515 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 You can sue for anything but you probably won't win unless the company had prior knowledge that you were threatened or the aggressor had a history of violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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