09-14-2009, 02:58 PM
Okay, this is for a friend of mine, and I have been digging for almost 24 hours and can't find an answer.
Saturday afternoon, while driving through the parking lot at his place of employment, friend almost hit a curb stop (concrete parking block in parking lot) that was new and unpainted and hard to see. Locked up the brakes on his motorcycle and went butt over teakettle off the bike. He's ended up with an injury to his elbow that can't be casted (arm is secured to his side) and totalled his bike.
Knowing that I had a claim a few years back in NV, he called and wanted to know if there had been a law put into place that covers a worker 30 minutes prior to work time (while on company property) he was 5 minutes away from beginning his shift at work, and was in uniform (security at one of the casinos). He has worked at this same casino for over 6 years now, always parks in the same location, so is very familiar with the parking lot. But they have been doing work on it, and there were no signs put up in regards to these new parking blocks.
I told him I would do my best to find him the answer, but have run out of ideas. Any help would be appreciated. I did tell him that I didn't think there was any such law, but that if he needed to get monies for the injury and treatment, that he would probably have to go after whoever owns the entire strip mall that the casino is in and maintains the parking lot.
He is applying for FMLA and trying to get short term disability for the injury. So that isn't a problem.
Angel ^j^
Saturday afternoon, while driving through the parking lot at his place of employment, friend almost hit a curb stop (concrete parking block in parking lot) that was new and unpainted and hard to see. Locked up the brakes on his motorcycle and went butt over teakettle off the bike. He's ended up with an injury to his elbow that can't be casted (arm is secured to his side) and totalled his bike.
Knowing that I had a claim a few years back in NV, he called and wanted to know if there had been a law put into place that covers a worker 30 minutes prior to work time (while on company property) he was 5 minutes away from beginning his shift at work, and was in uniform (security at one of the casinos). He has worked at this same casino for over 6 years now, always parks in the same location, so is very familiar with the parking lot. But they have been doing work on it, and there were no signs put up in regards to these new parking blocks.
I told him I would do my best to find him the answer, but have run out of ideas. Any help would be appreciated. I did tell him that I didn't think there was any such law, but that if he needed to get monies for the injury and treatment, that he would probably have to go after whoever owns the entire strip mall that the casino is in and maintains the parking lot.
He is applying for FMLA and trying to get short term disability for the injury. So that isn't a problem.
Angel ^j^