ENTRY 11: Man Permanently Disabled on the Job Receive Zero Workmans Comp
1. Summary of article – what is article about? (brief – do not tell the entire story) The article tells the story of Mario Seguro-Suarez, who in 2003, fell almost twenty feet and landed on his head while working. This Accident put him in the hospital, in a coma with a respirator. After filing for workers comp, he was tested and found to not be mentally able to dress, bath, or feed himself. The doctors said he needed 24-hour care. The insurance company, Key Risk, declined to pay the benefits and set up free care with his immigrant daughter and sent less than $350 per week to cover some of the pay would no longer be receiving. Terrible underfunded and legal but they got away with it for some time before they(Key Risk) proceeded to take him to court and say they would no longer pay benefits. This was rejected and they repealed it. It was now gone all the way through to the Court of Appeals, which is North Carolina's second most powerful ruling bo...