Jackson County Fighting Geese

I found the link to this story in a national news magazine.

http://www.dailymail.com/News/200802220119

If CSX had a goose safety manual to issue their employees, we'd never be having this discussion.

And we are about to sue someone over those pesky barn swallows that swoop down and attack our cat here- stealing cat hairs to take back to line their nests. We want paid for those cat hairs that we have painstakingly cultivated over the 15 years of Cubby Cat's life.

$100 per hair, but with a small discount for quantity procurements.

ohio county wrote:I found the link to this story in a national news magazine.

http://www.dailymail.com/News/200802220119

If CSX had a goose safety manual to issue their employees, we'd never be having this discussion.

Here is a more current link to it.

http://dailymail.com/News/200802220176

Don't WV Workers Compensation laws preclude a lawsuit such as this? But since it's in Federal Court, maybe there's a federal nexus.

I don't know. That makes sense though. Why sue your employer if he's paid your workers comp premiums?

I was wondering why he had a Huntington attorney but am thinking now that either he, the plaintiff, or the train originated in Huntington. Also, when they say the "Keyser" yard, are they talking about a switch yard on the Ravenswood Aluminum premises?

Not only does WV workers compensation law preclude this, all workers compensation law precludes this type of suit. The only way an employee can sue an employer is to prove gross misconduct or negligence by the employer, and even then, that doesn't always work.

Billy Robbins lost both hands because the electric company contracted replacement of power polls to an outside company that was not completed. As a result, the poles swayed and electric jumped from the electric wire to the cable wire he was working on. Not only was his injuries preventable, they were caused by negligence because the contractors marked the old poles as replace poles and that is what caused the sway.

Robbins sued and won a whopping $60K.

Crap like this is what is wrong with our court system. This should be tossed without consideration.