{"id":6931,"date":"2009-03-03T22:08:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T05:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2009-03-03T22:08:10","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T05:27:58","slug":"mcdonalds-wont-pay-workers-comp-for-hero-shot-on-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=6931","title":{"rendered":"McDonald's Won't Pay Worker's Comp For Hero Shot On Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Raw Story:<\/a><\/p>\n

Fast food giant McDonald’s has denied<\/a> workers compensation benefits to a minimum wage employee who was shot when he ejected a customer who had been beating a woman inside the restaurant.<\/p>\n

A representative of the administrator for McDonald’s workers compensation plan explained that “we have denied this claim in its entirety as it is our opinion that Mr. Haskett’s injuries did not arise out of or within the course and scope of his employment.”<\/p>\n

Nigel Haskett, then aged 21, was working at a McDonald’s in Little Rock, Arkansas last summer when he saw a patron, later identified as Perry Kennon, smacking a woman in the face. A surveillance video of the incident, which had been posted to YouTube, was taken down after McDonald’s charged copyright infringement, but according to written descriptions<\/a> of the video, Haskett tackled Kennon, threw him out, and then stood by the door to prevent him from reentering.<\/p>\n

Kennon went to his car, returned with a gun, and shot Haskett multiple times. Haskett staggered back into the restaurant and collapsed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He has over $300,000 in medical bills. Three takeaway points here:<\/p>\n

1) McDonalds is scum.<\/p>\n

2) We need a better copyright system. (The clip is now available online, as the story says, because a news station broadcast it — but that was luck. What legitimate creative purpose is served by letting McDonalds claim copyright over that clip?)<\/p>\n

3) We need a better health care system.<\/p>\n

Curtsy: The Debate Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: If you’d like to let McDonalds know what you think about this, here’s a contact page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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