Man Who Found Caylee's Remains Fired

[The Straight Story]

Man Who Found Caylee's Remains Fired
Meter Reader Roy Kronk Discovered Toddler's Remains In Woods

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The meter reader who found the remains of Caylee Anthony has been fired from his job with Orange County.

Roy Kronk was terminated from his Orange County Utilities job this week, Local 6 News reported.

The county would not reveal why Kronk was fired, but Kronk's attorney, David Evans, issued a statement on Thursday saying the termination relates to a workplace injury.

Evans said Kronk injured his neck and shoulder while lifting boxes at an Orange County Utilities warehouse.

"This dispute arose because Mr. Kronk's management directed him to resume work duties after his injury, and Mr. Kronk and his health care providers did not consider it to be safe or medically appropriate to resume those duties at this time," Evans said.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/21464797/detail.html

[Nikki Stone1]

1. So the guy wouldn't endanger his health and they fired him

Great.

[xchrom]

2. it's a spot on diagnosis of what's ailing a good part of the country, eh? nt

[Nikki Stone1]

3. Oh yeah...

Watch life expectancy go down over the next 10-20 years

[SeattleGirl]

4. I don't know what the laws in Florida are,

But here in Washington state, that's illegal as hell. A company has the right to medically separate a person if they aren't able to return to work in a timely manner, but they do not have the right to tell someone to return to work if their doctor says they are not yet physically able to do so.

[The Straight Story]

5. I had this happen to me here in Ohio

I was on workers' comp and switched doctors. WC misplaced the paper work for the transfer (I hand delivered it to Mansfield) and my company fired me over it. I eventually won out in court, but it made my life hell for a year.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Florida is a right to work state

Washington is not.

why right to work stinks to hell and high water.

[Canuckistanian]

7. Illegal in all parts of Canada, too

Our various provincial Workmen's Compensation Boards would not only prohibit a firing, but order the company to retain the employee and make accommodations (payments) for their loss of work until they returned.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions.

Maybe they caught him performing some sort of work he claimed he couldn't do.

[sunwyn]

8. Prolly failed a piss test

[safeinOhio]

10. Lets get rid of Workmans Comp

I'd rather go to court with a jury.

[SeattleGirl]

11. No you wouldn't.

It would take forever to get the case to court, the employer's attorney probably works for a bigger firm that yours does, and your attorney, should you win, would take a huge chunk of what you got from a jury award. In the meantime, you lose your home, you lose your car, you don't eat, and you are out on the streets.

Um, no. Not a preferable idea at all.