'We settled for 5 times my yearly salary': Lawyer secures pest-control technician a legal payout of $300k, after manager forces him to use damaged ladder, causing him to fall 25 feet

Imagine working for a company that willingly puts you in the face of danger…This pest-control technician was very wary about doing a job that required him to use a pretty rough-looking ladder…He even sent pictures over to management to express his concerns, but instead of providing him with new equipment or postponing the job, they told him, to put it nicely, to either get over his fear of heights or start looking on LinkedIn for some new job openings…Well, I guess karma came to play, because the faulty ladder caused him to fall and sustain some serious injuries…and after informing his lawyers about his conversation with management about his concerns before the fall, he was able to get the company to settle in a law agreement that exceeded 5 times his yearly salary! 

Most Americans spend their whole lives strategizing the 'perfect sue'...we're kidding. Kinda. But the aches were definitely bettered by nature's medicine…also known as a huge, lump sum of cash! Suddenly, he was feeling a little bit better and starting to think about all the ways he could start over, even considering what it might be like to go back to studying at the ripe age of 30-something. To be fair, we genuinely think what's a better way to spend his hefty compensation than to better his education! Hats off to you.

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