https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/09/convicted-in-double-fatality-crash-trooper-wants-compensation/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/09/convicted-in-double-fatality-crash-trooper-wants-compensation/comment-page-1/#comment-101818 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:42:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=19388#comment-101818 I can understand seeking (and getting) worker’s comp in cases of negligence — the whole point of the system is to avoid having to make a determination of fault. But where there’s been a prior criminal conviction on a charge involving recklessness, it seems to me that that ought to be an automatic bar to recovery.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/09/convicted-in-double-fatality-crash-trooper-wants-compensation/comment-page-1/#comment-101787 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:36:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=19388#comment-101787 Can we all say, based on the facts presented, we hope he doesn’t get a dime.

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