[blurb]

http://en.tengrinews.kz/strange_news/3442/

Talk about entitlement complex:

Quote:

An Australian woman injured when a hotel room light fitting fell and hit her on the face while she was having sex on a work trip sued the government Wednesday, claiming she was entitled to compensation, AFP reports.

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Thank goodness the government still has some balls:

Quote:

ComCare, the government's workplace safety agency, is opposing the claim, saying the sex was with an acquaintance who had nothing to do with work and was a "frolic of her own".

Comcare lawyer Andrew Berger said people on government business needed to eat, sleep and attend to their personal hygiene but "you don't need to have sex".

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[The_CEO]

(07-28-2011 01:16 AM)blurb Wrote:  

http://en.tengrinews.kz/strange_news/3442/

Talk about entitlement complex:

Quote:

An Australian woman injured when a hotel room light fitting fell and hit her on the face while she was having sex on a work trip sued the government Wednesday, claiming she was entitled to compensation, AFP reports.

For more information see: http://en.tengrinews.kz/strange_news/3442/
Use of the Tengrinews English materials must be accompanied by a hyperlink to en.Tengrinews.kz

Thank goodness the government still has some balls:

Quote:

ComCare, the government's workplace safety agency, is opposing the claim, saying the sex was with an acquaintance who had nothing to do with work and was a "frolic of her own".

Comcare lawyer Andrew Berger said people on government business needed to eat, sleep and attend to their personal hygiene but "you don't need to have sex".

For more information see: http://en.tengrinews.kz/strange_news/3442/
Use of the Tengrinews English materials must be accompanied by a hyperlink to en.Tengrinews.kz

should've sued the hotel if anyone

[oldnemesis]

(07-28-2011 01:16 AM)blurb Wrote:  

Talk about entitlement complex:

Well, it is quite vague, and I wouldn't personally call it entitlement. Generally if you were injured during a business trip, a company which sent you on a trip may be liable unless the injury was caused by your own negligence. So I'd guess she has a valid claim, and the government would have to pay. Another option would be the government brings in the hotel as co-defendant and the hotel insurance company would pay.

This article makes it more clear what it is about. Generally they argue that a) the injury was caused by her having sex in motel, and b) having sex in a motel is not "necessary activity", and therefore the injury was caused by her own negligence. In my opinion, they'll fail.

[oldnemesis]

(07-28-2011 12:54 PM)The_CEO Wrote:  

should've sued the hotel if anyone

Hmm... if you had sex in your hotel room, and got hit in a face by a light fixture, you wouldn't think the hotel is liable? I definitely would, I expect the hotel to provide me with a room which is safe for reasonable activities, and having sex in a hotel room is very reasonable activity.

There are rules when you're on a business trip; in US for example AFAIK you have to submit a "worker compensation" claim to an agency. That's what she did - in fact she sued the gov't because the agency denied her claim. Seems pretty logical to me.

[Moma]

Unless she was doing that crazy swing from the chandalier shyt and then could be considered excessive...

[oldnemesis]

(07-29-2011 11:23 AM)Moma Wrote:  

Unless she was doing that crazy swing from the chandalier shyt and then could be considered excessive...

Yes, it would be. However I don't think this is the case. If it was, I'd assume the Gov't would argue that it basically was her negligence which resulted in injuries - this would be easier to prove than that "having sex in motel" is not an activity the motel owner should reasonably expect.