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RonPaulFanInGA
04-28-2014, 10:31 AM
http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/troopers-widow-fights-for-denied-lifetime-benefits/


On Dec. 7, 2009, New York State Police narcotics investigator Richard O’Brien fell off a ladder while fixing his mother’s roof.

He lived for only three more hours after the fall — but in that brief time, fellow troopers tried to have him retired on disability.

Now, Stephanie O’Brien, his widow, is fighting in court, saying a faulty fax machine and a measly seven minutes mean she and the couple’s daughter would get a $342,000 death payout — rather than lifetime benefits that could total in the millions.

The case is the first involving an officer filing for a disability retirement on the day of his death, lawyers said.

While he laid dying, his wife and company schemed to milk the taxpayers.

aGameOfThrones
04-28-2014, 02:30 PM
Sigh....

kcchiefs6465
04-28-2014, 07:15 PM
Bump.

LibForestPaul
04-28-2014, 08:10 PM
http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/troopers-widow-fights-for-denied-lifetime-benefits/

While he laid dying, his wife and company schemed to milk the taxpayers.

Fell off. yeah. that's it. trooper love triangle?

AuH20
04-28-2014, 11:11 PM
I know a person who works for a certain town who tore their Achilles while off road biking and then dragged themselves to work for the disability payments. Apparently, this behavior is very commonplace I've been told.

phill4paul
04-28-2014, 11:16 PM
She deserves it. You don't know the kind of stress she lived with never knowing if her husband would make it home for dinner or not.

Mani
04-28-2014, 11:58 PM
She deserves it. You don't know the kind of stress she lived with never knowing if her husband would make it home for dinner or not.


Turns out roofing was more dangerous than his job.

phill4paul
04-29-2014, 12:06 AM
Turns out roofing was more dangerous than his job.

Funny that.... Sixth most dangerous job.........

6. Roofers

29.4 fatalities per 100,000

79 fatalities in 2007

Falls are a common cause of death.

$16/hr is the average wage.

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/11/12/the-15-most-dangerous-jobs-in-america/

Are roofers heroes?

BamaAla
04-29-2014, 01:49 AM
Funny that.... Sixth most dangerous job.........

6. Roofers

29.4 fatalities per 100,000

79 fatalities in 2007

Falls are a common cause of death.

$16/hr is the average wage.

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/11/12/the-15-most-dangerous-jobs-in-america/

Are roofers heroes?

#7 is my most closely related profession. I can hero?