01.08.08
Things that boggle the mind…
Recently, while skimming through my emails, my eye picked up on a headline that read “All in a Day’s Work: No Comp for Crack Dealer”. Naturally, I had to stop and read it!
The article posted in Workforce Management reported that the Ohio Supreme Court upheld that selling crack cocaine on a continual basis amounted to employment and that it was sufficient cause to terminate an individual’s permanent total disability compensation from the state.
Say what? Yep, you heard correctly. An individual, who was arrested and jailed for selling crack (and who reportedly was making $300 to $500 per week) was fighting the Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation who moved to terminate his disability benefits. The nerve! The audacity!
Definitely one that will first make you laugh at just how ridiculous life can be, and then probably make you mad that someone clogged up the courts with something so frivolous and asinine.
