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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 2:06 pm
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cynicAAl
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Originally Posted by Yoshi212
So if Vickers goes out on disability or sues TSA for a coworker attacking him the public pays.
technically, the Workers' Comp carrier/administrator (funded by the employer, which is funded by the public) pays. They could subrogate the costs back to the attacker, but as he's also a TSA employee, I'm guessing he doesn't have significant assets to recover.

He can't sue the TSA over this as WC is an exclusive remedy.
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