What if your company had hired Octomom?
How could you have minimized your risk?
Many times companies have workers compensation claims that drag on for years. This not only requires many man hours to deal with these claims but the longer they are open the more complex they become. And in the case of Octomom the more bizarre and the harder to bring to a conclusion
LA HABRA -- Nadya Suleman, also known as Octomom, has agreed to settle a workers' compensation case against the hospital where she worked and was injured more than ten years ago.
Suleman will receive $40,000 from representatives of Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.
Suleman was working as a psychiatric technician at the hospital in 1999 when she suffered a back injury during a disturbance at the facility. She returned to work only briefly and collected almost $170,000 in disability payments between 2000 and 2008, the documents show.
The records show that out of the $40,000 settlement, Suleman will actually receive $23,120. That's after deductions of $6,000 for attorney fees and $10,880 for permanent disability payments already provided to Suleman.
Last month, she accepted an offer from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: $5,000 and a month's supply of vegan hot dogs and hamburger patties in exchange for allowing the animal-rights group to place an ad on her lawn. The ad read: "Don't let your dog or cat become an 'octomom.' Always spay or neuter."
She and her family have faced foreclosure and other financial woes. Suleman was widely criticized after the birth of the octuplets for her reliance on food stamps and other forms of public assistance. She called food stamps and other public aid she has received "a temporary resource." In November, she said in an interview with NBC News that she was no longer receiving food stamps or other public assistance.
Suleman will receive $40,000 from representatives of Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.
Suleman was working as a psychiatric technician at the hospital in 1999 when she suffered a back injury during a disturbance at the facility. She returned to work only briefly and collected almost $170,000 in disability payments between 2000 and 2008, the documents show.
The records show that out of the $40,000 settlement, Suleman will actually receive $23,120. That's after deductions of $6,000 for attorney fees and $10,880 for permanent disability payments already provided to Suleman.
Last month, she accepted an offer from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: $5,000 and a month's supply of vegan hot dogs and hamburger patties in exchange for allowing the animal-rights group to place an ad on her lawn. The ad read: "Don't let your dog or cat become an 'octomom.' Always spay or neuter."
She and her family have faced foreclosure and other financial woes. Suleman was widely criticized after the birth of the octuplets for her reliance on food stamps and other forms of public assistance. She called food stamps and other public aid she has received "a temporary resource." In November, she said in an interview with NBC News that she was no longer receiving food stamps or other public assistance.
Orignally posted KTLA News
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