▲ 130 ▼ Disney World cast member hurt stopping 180-kg fake boulder from hitting audience (www.bbc.com) submitted 10 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children) Hope dude gets a good payout permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] modus@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) "He put himself in harm's way." He won't get shit. Disney will also sue the person who filmed the copyrighted performance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] booly@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago No, workers comp is exactly for this kind of thing. The deal is that workers get paid for injuries on the job regardless of fault in exchange for a simpler calculation of how much they get. Before worker's comp, it was very common for employers to claim the defenses of contributory negligence (the worker was doing something wrong), fellow servant doctrine (another worker was doing something wrong), or assumption of risk (cmon, he knew it was dangerous when he took the job). Those defenses are no longer available in workers comp cases, so payment is a bit more straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] modus@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) "He put himself in harm's way." He won't get shit. Disney will also sue the person who filmed the copyrighted performance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] booly@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago No, workers comp is exactly for this kind of thing. The deal is that workers get paid for injuries on the job regardless of fault in exchange for a simpler calculation of how much they get. Before worker's comp, it was very common for employers to claim the defenses of contributory negligence (the worker was doing something wrong), fellow servant doctrine (another worker was doing something wrong), or assumption of risk (cmon, he knew it was dangerous when he took the job). Those defenses are no longer available in workers comp cases, so payment is a bit more straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago No, workers comp is exactly for this kind of thing. The deal is that workers get paid for injuries on the job regardless of fault in exchange for a simpler calculation of how much they get. Before worker's comp, it was very common for employers to claim the defenses of contributory negligence (the worker was doing something wrong), fellow servant doctrine (another worker was doing something wrong), or assumption of risk (cmon, he knew it was dangerous when he took the job). Those defenses are no longer available in workers comp cases, so payment is a bit more straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent