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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 25, 2013 0:29:53 GMT -5
From Highspots.com Sorensen told HighSpots.com that TNA wouldn't pay for his medical bills and instead had his mother cover the expenses with her own insurance. She inevitably went bankrupt trying to pay the extras, premiums and other costs associated with his bills. That's not possible. Someone else's insurance isn't/won't cover another person who isn't insured. He is young enough that he would still be on his mother's insurance even if he isn't in school (which used to be a disqualifier for coverage).
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Post by velvetsthong on Aug 25, 2013 6:47:45 GMT -5
That's not possible. Someone else's insurance isn't/won't cover another person who isn't insured. He is young enough that he would still be on his mother's insurance even if he isn't in school (which used to be a disqualifier for coverage). How old is he then? I thought the cut off was 18?
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Post by Red Impact on Aug 25, 2013 7:05:30 GMT -5
He is young enough that he would still be on his mother's insurance even if he isn't in school (which used to be a disqualifier for coverage). How old is he then? I thought the cut off was 18? He's 23. The age was recently raised to 26.
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Post by CrazySting on Aug 25, 2013 20:13:50 GMT -5
Former WWE & TNA Wrestler Sean Waltman commented about Jesse Sorensen on Twitter, claiming that TNA did not help him pay his medical bills, forcing his mother into bankruptcy.
Waltman tweeted at a lawyer asking “if a person broke their neck doing ‘backyard wrestling’ and the bills were astronomical, would the homeowners insurance be liable?”.
The lawyer responded that the case is worth looking into depending on the policy and injuries. Waltman then told Sorensen to talk to the the lawyer. Sorensen thanked Waltman for ‘having his back’
Daily Wrestling News
I hope he calls David Otunga.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2013 22:10:45 GMT -5
Sorenson taking legal advice from X-Pac and a lawyer from the internet!? Sounds like a hell of a plan to me.
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Post by CrazySting on Aug 25, 2013 22:13:55 GMT -5
BETTER CALL SAUL
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Post by CrazySting on Aug 25, 2013 22:14:32 GMT -5
Sorenson taking legal advice from X-Pac and a lawyer from the internet!? Sounds like a hell of a plan to me. Yeah, but talking to a lawyer, if only to see what his options are, isn't the worst idea.
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Post by the2ndevil on Aug 25, 2013 22:46:31 GMT -5
I hope he calls David Otunga. You know, that would be real interesting even to see what ramifications that could have, if any.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 25, 2013 23:37:52 GMT -5
Sorenson taking legal advice from X-Pac and a lawyer from the internet!? Sounds like a hell of a plan to me. Actually, he is taking advice from X-Pac to get some legal advice from a lawyer. I suspect that the best option for Sorenson is to sue TNA for wrongful termination and start the paperwork to sue Universal Studios since it was on their property that he got injured on. The second lawsuit is the one that would seriously damage TNA if it proceeds. Hell, Sorenson could lose a suit against Universal Studios but it would be enough for them to cancel their deal with TNA to prevent them from being liable for wrestlers' injuries. TNA would probably be forced to settle with Sorenson, probably generously, in order to prevent him from needing to sue Universal Studios.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2013 23:43:21 GMT -5
Sorenson taking legal advice from X-Pac and a lawyer from the internet!? Sounds like a hell of a plan to me. Yeah, but talking to a lawyer, if only to see what his options are, isn't the worst idea. I get that, but how dumb is this guy to need X-PAC to tell him to talk to a lawyer? Dude should have done that weeks ago, and on top of that it's hilarious that he's going to talk to some lawyer from Twitter instead of talking to a lawyer near wherever he lives. If he has a case more power to him, it's just a bizarre way to go about things, IMO.
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Post by CrazySting on Aug 26, 2013 0:30:29 GMT -5
I think Sorensen, like a lot of younger wrestlers, is just very naive.
Yeah, any other workplace you would be calling a lawyer the second they started refusing to pay for injuries you got while on the job. Wrestlers seem to have it ingrained in them not to kick up a fuss and just be grateful for having a spot.
Even Daffney apparently went through a solid year and a half of hell before she got herself a lawyer. It took having something like four concussions and tens of thousands worth of unpaid bills to finally snap some sense into her.
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Post by vivix on Aug 26, 2013 1:10:18 GMT -5
Sorenson taking legal advice from X-Pac and a lawyer from the internet!? Sounds like a hell of a plan to me. Actually, he is taking advice from X-Pac to get some legal advice from a lawyer. I suspect that the best option for Sorenson is to sue TNA for wrongful termination and start the paperwork to sue Universal Studios since it was on their property that he got injured on. The second lawsuit is the one that would seriously damage TNA if it proceeds. Hell, Sorenson could lose a suit against Universal Studios but it would be enough for them to cancel their deal with TNA to prevent them from being liable for wrestlers' injuries. TNA would probably be forced to settle with Sorenson, probably generously, in order to prevent him from needing to sue Universal Studios. 1-They aren't in universal anymore 2-It wasn't Universal's property as TNA was renting the lot and it was their property that got him hurt.
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Post by SOR on Aug 26, 2013 6:37:15 GMT -5
I hope Sorensen wins zero, no settlement, no ruling in his favour.
Ungrateful twat is all that man is.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Aug 26, 2013 6:52:37 GMT -5
I asked my Dad (whose a lawyer) about all this, and he basically said Jesse may have a bit of a tough time here if the court rules that the pay TNA was giving him was sufficient enough. He also said that if Jesse's story about his mom going bankrupt is true that (while a shitty thing on TNA's part) really won't factor in to a decision. Of course, if Jesse is on his mom's insurance policy (which is the big question) and TNA paid him well then he's just wasting his time.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Aug 26, 2013 6:56:41 GMT -5
I hope Sorensen wins zero, no settlement, no ruling in his favour. Ungrateful twat is all that man is. Yeah! **** him for...suffering an accident at work that bankrupted his family and being MAD about it! He should be grateful that he even had the opportunity to suffer a such a devastating injury and have his mom driven to financial ruin so that he could walk again!
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Post by SOR on Aug 26, 2013 7:14:23 GMT -5
I hope Sorensen wins zero, no settlement, no ruling in his favour. Ungrateful twat is all that man is. Yeah! **** him for...suffering an accident at work that bankrupted his family and being MAD about it! He should be grateful that he even had the opportunity to suffer a such a devastating injury and have his mom driven to financial ruin so that he could walk again! So deal with it like a human being instead of going out and making money off the situation. Regardless of what happened with the incident TNA kept him employed for over a year afterwards until he was fully healed. If his surgeries were around the 250k mark can TNA be expected to pay that? Honestly, I doubt even WWE is paying 250k for a workers medical bills. TNA did what they could but it's not good enough for this dude (But it was, before they fired him) What Sorensen is doing is trying to ruin the company that gave him his shot financially and publically. I hope TNA sues him for defaming them to be honest.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Aug 26, 2013 7:22:35 GMT -5
Regardless of what happened with the incident TNA kept him employed for over a year afterwards until he was fully healed. If his surgeries were around the 250k mark can TNA be expected to pay that? Honestly, I doubt even WWE is paying 250k for a workers medical bills. One name to go against that WWE claim, Droz. Hell you know Edge's bills totaled up big time.
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Post by SOR on Aug 26, 2013 7:28:14 GMT -5
Regardless of what happened with the incident TNA kept him employed for over a year afterwards until he was fully healed. If his surgeries were around the 250k mark can TNA be expected to pay that? Honestly, I doubt even WWE is paying 250k for a workers medical bills. One name to go against that WWE claim, Droz. Hell you know Edge's bills totaled up big time. One name to go against the "WWE helps everybody" claim, Charles Austin. For those unaware he had his neck broken by Marty Jannetty and had to go to court to get compensation. I think early 90's WWF is a better comparison to current TNA then late 90's WWF who was rolling in money.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Aug 26, 2013 7:31:48 GMT -5
One name to go against that WWE claim, Droz. Hell you know Edge's bills totaled up big time. One name to go against the "WWE helps everybody" claim, Charles Austin. For those unaware he had his neck broken by Marty Jannetty and had to go to court to get compensation. I think early 90's WWF is a better comparison to current TNA then late 90's WWF who was rolling in money. Early 90's wasn't backed by a billion dollar company, like current TNA is. The Carters aren't exactly poor.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 26, 2013 8:08:42 GMT -5
Actually, he is taking advice from X-Pac to get some legal advice from a lawyer. I suspect that the best option for Sorenson is to sue TNA for wrongful termination and start the paperwork to sue Universal Studios since it was on their property that he got injured on. The second lawsuit is the one that would seriously damage TNA if it proceeds. Hell, Sorenson could lose a suit against Universal Studios but it would be enough for them to cancel their deal with TNA to prevent them from being liable for wrestlers' injuries. TNA would probably be forced to settle with Sorenson, probably generously, in order to prevent him from needing to sue Universal Studios. 1-They aren't in universal anymore 2-It wasn't Universal's property as TNA was renting the lot and it was their property that got him hurt. 1) I had no idea that TNA isn't in Universal anymore. That changes some things. 2) The accident still happened on Universal property. It is not as though my townhome does not still belong to the property owner even if I have a lease on it. Any accident that happens here would be a shared responsibility deal. I would expect that if this goes to court that Universal would be a co-defendant unless there is some sort of contract that absolved them of a share of responsibility (perhaps as part of the lease).
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