Detroit worker injured after driver crashes through coffee shop
- A worker was injured when a car crashed through the front window of a Detroit coffee shop.
- The worker had to be hospitalized, and is expected to recover from the injuries.
- It’s unclear if the woman driving suffered a medical episode.
- Investigators are still uncertain how the crash happened.
Walmart employee hurt trying to thwart a robbery
- A Walmart worker in Tennessee was injured while trying to stop a robbery at the store.
- The robber went to the money center at the store and demanded cash from an employee before reaching over the counter and grabbing funds.
- Another employee tried to block the robber’s escape but was pushed to the ground and suffered a cut on his head.
- The suspect escaped in a dark color passenger vehicle and is at large.
Pair of Minnesota workers injured by camel
- Two workers at the Hemker Park and Zoo in Minnesota were walking a camel down an alleyway when the animal took one man’s head into its mouth and bit down on it.
- The camel then dragged the 32-year-old man 15 feet by his head.
- The other worker placed a plastic walking board inside the camel’s mouth to help release the grip on his co-worker’s head, but it charged and bit his head.
- One employee refused medical treatment and the other was flown to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The camel was not injured.
Missouri Court gives public employees more workers’ comp rights
- Missouri school districts are no longer immune to workers’ compensation retaliation claims after a school custodian failed a drug test and won his case.
- Travis Poke was injured while folding a cafeteria table, suffered a hernia, and filed a workers’ compensation claim.
- Poke was fired when he returned to work for testing positive for marijuana and was denied his workers’ compensation claim.
- Poke took legal action and Missouri Supreme Court sided with him in a 7-0 decision.