bobbyw24
10-10-2011, 05:12 AM
The Virginia Court of Appeals has reaffirmed a $4,000 worker’s compensation award to a Virginia nurse who crashed her car while checking a cellphone.
The case started in November 2009 when on-call hospice nurse Donna Turpin was driving at night in mountainous Southwest Virginia and noticed a flash on her personal cellphone, which was tucked into a front pocket of her uniform. The distraction caused Ms. Turpin’s car to slide on some gravel, then skid out of control until it hit the bank on the other side of the road.
http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2011/07/21/cellphone(3).jpeg
The protocol with her employer, Wythe County Community Hospital, was she would be contacted first by a pager provided and paid for by the employer. When the pager did not work, her personal cellphone served as a backup, and her home phone as a third option.
Earlier in the day, Ms. Turpin responded to 12 pages or calls, according to court documents.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/9/workers-comp-case-upheld-in-cellphone-related-cras/
The case started in November 2009 when on-call hospice nurse Donna Turpin was driving at night in mountainous Southwest Virginia and noticed a flash on her personal cellphone, which was tucked into a front pocket of her uniform. The distraction caused Ms. Turpin’s car to slide on some gravel, then skid out of control until it hit the bank on the other side of the road.
http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2011/07/21/cellphone(3).jpeg
The protocol with her employer, Wythe County Community Hospital, was she would be contacted first by a pager provided and paid for by the employer. When the pager did not work, her personal cellphone served as a backup, and her home phone as a third option.
Earlier in the day, Ms. Turpin responded to 12 pages or calls, according to court documents.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/9/workers-comp-case-upheld-in-cellphone-related-cras/