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Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke (www.theguardian.com)

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Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat

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[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

had a recorded internal temperature of 109.8F

This guy was almost 110 and they were trying to pour water on him to cool him.

Your can have seizures at 105 and 108 is permanent brain damage territory.

What they need to do is sue for $100M not $1M.

A few headlines of companies suffering big financial losses can convince companies to do the right thing more than some law with a $10k fine. Companies will always do what is less cost/risk. You have to make the cost/risk of employee deaths more.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s what the push for tort reform in the 90s was all about: minimizing the cost of lawsuits brought by injured parties. It never passed on a national level AFAIK, but Texas has a lot of limitations on burden of proof and maximum damages that could affect this case.

[–] TurtleJoe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Also, and this is entirely speculation, they might be looking for a number that they can actually collect. If you go too big, the LLC can fold and you might not see a dime.

[–] GildedGriffon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Abbott was the Texas AG and helped re-write legislation that reduced payouts on medical torts almost 30 years after he sued because he was paralyzed by a falling tree.

https://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/04/candidate-faces-questions-turnabout-and-fair-play/

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Instead of an elephant, the GOP symbol should be a guy pulling a ladder up behind him.