The situation involved a project manager for several construction projects. He oversaw a budget of millions of dollars and many of the projects he was involved with were not going particularly well. In one particularly upsetting incident, a contractor screamed in the face of the project manager, who later said he felt as if his life was being threatened.
The man routinely had to drive long distances to visit his project sites, and two weeks after the screaming incident, after a long drive, a long meeting and another heated discussion, he suffered a heart attack. Ultimately, the workers’ compensation board that ruled on the case said that the extreme conditions the man experienced were worse than what someone from the general public might be subjected to, and awarded the man compensation.
The moral of the story is that for someone who has a lingering ailment or some kind of health issue that they think could be traced back to their job, speaking to a workers’ compensation attorney could make a big difference between having a claim approved or not.
Source: Risk & Insurance, “Project manager proves working conditions caused heart attack,” Dec. 10, 2012
The situation involved a project manager for several construction projects. He oversaw a budget of millions of dollars and many of the projects he was involved with were not going particularly well. In one particularly upsetting incident, a contractor screamed in the face of the project manager, who later said he felt as if his life was being threatened.
The man routinely had to drive long distances to visit his project sites, and two weeks after the screaming incident, after a long drive, a long meeting and another heated discussion, he suffered a heart attack. Ultimately, the workers’ compensation board that ruled on the case said that the extreme conditions the man experienced were worse than what someone from the general public might be subjected to, and awarded the man compensation.
The moral of the story is that for someone who has a lingering ailment or some kind of health issue that they think could be traced back to their job, speaking to a workers’ compensation attorney could make a big difference between having a claim approved or not.
Source: Risk & Insurance, “Project manager proves working conditions caused heart attack,” Dec. 10, 2012