Company couldn't cut disabled worker's benefits, so it 'went rogue' and had him arrested, lawyer say [View all]
In 2003, after Mario Seguro-Suarez fell 18 feet head-first onto the concrete floor of his Lincolnton workplace, his employer and its insurance carrier acknowledged that his disabling brain injury qualified him for workers compensation benefits.
Court documents reveal the lengths that Key Risk Insurance Co. went not to pay them.
The Greensboro-based company disregarded years of medical opinions including several from its own doctors that Seguro-Suarez was indeed left disabled from his fall at the Southern Fiber factory, documents show.
Over the past 15 years, Key Risk has made multiple trips to courts and before the N.C. Industrial Commission to argue that Seguro-Suarez has been faking his symptoms and that his benefits should be cut off.
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If anyone from Key Risk Insurance Company is reading this, pay your claims!