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Tooth - I agree, but I think that the city is well within its rights to do exactly as Psycho_Dad suggested and fire the guy. If the guy did it on purpose, that should be a fireable offense. If it wasn't purposeful (which is what I suspect), it's an at-fault accident at the very least and should be enough to at least issue a warning and get the paperwork started on the guy.
Basically, I think that the city is pissed off and tipped the newspaper off to generate bad feelings against the claimant. Its interesting that the rest of TFP thinks the guy is a jackass for making a valid claim, but I see the city as the bad guy here. The city attorney should have paid the claim and called the guy's supervisor to start the paperwork on getting him fired. If you look at ANYONE hard enough, there's always a good reason to fire them. People who don't take the right steps in the process deserve to get sued for wrongful termination. As it stands now, the employee will probably be able to make a case for harrassment if the city's reasons for getting rid of him aren't ironclad.
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