Spanked By a Claim
By Robert Warne - December 17, 2003 A company’s birthday spanking tradition will have to be reevaluated now that it’s been slapped with a claim.
Whether Jeremy Meinstma got what he was wishing for on his birthday or not, on Dec. 16, a Minnesota appeals court cleared the way for him to file a work comp claim for injuries he suffered at his company birthday bash.
Meinstma originally sued his employer Loram Maintenance of Way, a railway maintencnace equipment manufacturer and five of his co-workers after he was held down and spanked.
But the appeals court ruled that there was no evidence that the employees intended to injure Meinstma and that his remedies should be sought through the Workers Compensation Act, according to the Associated Press.
The spanking incident, Meinstma alleges, caused him to suffer back injuries, psychological injuries as well as financial damages.
Meinstma didn’t go down easy when five of his co-workers wrestled him to the ground. During the ordeal his arm was cut which, following the paddling, the same workers that wrangled him to the ground helped treat his wound.
Based on the court’s decision, its sounds like Minnesota, unlike California, doesn’t have any horseplay laws on its books.
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