company planned picknick goes wrong when workers do something neglegient at party

[robcal]

just last week in new jersey i attended a work funtion during working hours. it was held at a country club and all the company ceo and staff attended. there was plenty of food and alcohol involved.
during this time the annual tug of war event was going to start. both teams were chosen and the tug started.
team A won the first round
team b won the second roud
then the best of three started


team A conspired to drop the rope at a given time .
the pull started and at the given time team A dropped the rope and watched the other team fall on their asses,....(funny huh0

WELL TEAM B HAD A WOMEN WHO FELL ONTO HER HEAD AND RECIEVED A CONCUSSION. SHE HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME EVER SINCE...

SINCE I WAS ON TEAM " A" TEAM B IS NOW WOORIED ABOUT ANY LEGAL PROBLEMS THAT THEY MIGHT EXPERIANCE..
I WAS CONTACTED BY A FREIND AND WAS TOLD IT WAS WORKERS COMP DUE TO THE FACT SHE GOT HURT AT WORK, BUT I FEEL THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF BREACH OF CONTRACT BROKEN WHEN THE ROPE WAS DROPPED ON PURPOSE.

SINCE THIS PERSON WORKED AS A OFFICE WORKER HER JOB DID NOT ALLOW HER TO BE A PAID PROFFESIONAL AS A TUG OF WAR EMPLOYEE, THEREFOR DOES SHE HAVE ANY RECOURSE ON THE TEAM WHO DROPPED THE ROPE, AND THE COMPANY WHO PROVIDED THE PARTY?

[zelner]

The injured person may have a third party claim against those who "dropped the rope" as that act could be construed as negligence. There are many other issues here and the injured party needs to see a workers comp/personal injury lawyer to sort everything out. By the way, having alcohol at a company function in todays world is just plain stupid.

[robcal]

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