Too Good Not to Share

chandelierThis is a worker’s comp case but was simply too good not to post. Female employee traveling for her employer met a “friend.” With him, at her hotel, became “injured whilst engaging in sexual intercourse when a glass light fitting above the bed was pulled from its mount and fell on her.” She sued the employer under the Australian equivalent of workers comp – and won!

Yes, you really just read that. Sexual Intercourse While Swinging From A Motel Chandelier: Employer Held Liable For Injuries Sustained Australian case you have to read to believe.

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