New CDC Guidelines for Essential Employees

[AB831]

We have plenty. You need to insist to your managers to get some.

I'll start hounding them tomorrow. I used to be bashful about pestering managers to do their job, but now I kind of enjoy it.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Be polite, but remind them of the recent CDC guidelines about essential workers wearing masks. Disinfecting things, too.

 

[AB831]

Be polite, but remind them of the recent CDC guidelines about essential workers wearing masks. Disinfecting things, too.

Oh, i'm very polite lol

 

[59 Dano]

And how do you know? Where did you go to law school and what’s Fedex’s track record in court?

Because it's a stupid argument on its face and the newest lawyer hired by the company last Friday afternoon who graduated law school on the Thursday before would destroy it in the first 20 minutes of litigation.

Go ahead, make the case that FedEx is at fault in a COVID-19 death due to the circumstances mentioned in the OP. I need a laugh.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Be polite, but remind them of the recent CDC guidelines about essential workers wearing masks. Disinfecting things, too.

Aren't you the one who "barged" in to his manager's office demanding to know what they were doing to protect you and your co-workers from the virus? Doesn't sound very "polite" to me.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Not me. I first wrote down questions and gave them to my manager. Then we had a meeting to discuss the matter. So polite and civil that we could have served finger sandwiches.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Not me. I first wrote down questions and gave them to my manager. Then we had a meeting to discuss the matter. So polite and civil that we could have served finger sandwiches.

Why did the other two managers join the meeting? Were they also hungry?

 

[MassWineGuy]

Managers are always hungry.

 

[AB831]

Because it's a stupid argument on its face and the newest lawyer hired by the company last Friday afternoon who graduated law school on the Thursday before would destroy it in the first 20 minutes of litigation.

Go ahead, make the case that FedEx is at fault in a COVID-19 death due to the circumstances mentioned in the OP. I need a laugh.

Again. Where did you go to law school and what makes you such an expert on will or won't be thrown out of court? McDonald's lost a lawsuit where some maroon sued them for not warning her that her coffee was hot. This kind of thing is exactly why lawyers are so rich

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Again. Where did you go to law school and what makes you such an expert on will or won't be thrown out of court? McDonald's lost a lawsuit where some maroon sued them for not warning her that her coffee was hot. This kind of thing is exactly why lawyers are so rich

Technically they settled out of court.

 

[AB831]

Technically they settled out of court.

True, but getting a settlement isn’t getting “destroyed in court” like Mr FedEx is suggesting.

 

[Fred's Myth]

True, but getting a settlement isn’t getting “destroyed in court” like Mr FedEx is suggesting.

You just got on MFE's BAAAAAD LIST for confusing him with Dano..........

 

[AB831]

You just got on MFE's BAAAAAD LIST for confusing him with Dano..........

Oh I meant Mr FedEx as a tongue in cheek nickname for Dano. Is there a user named Mr FedEx? If so, please give him my apologies and regards.

 

[59 Dano]

Again. Where did you go to law school and what makes you such an expert on will or won't be thrown out of court?

I never said it would be thrown out, I said the suits don't stand a chance at winning.

It isn't rocket science. Plaintiff has to prove with via a preponderance of the evidence that FedEx's COVID-19 procedures at the station led to a fatal case of the virus, which is all but impossible to do.

Like I said, if you'd like to make the case I'll be happy to make a fool out of you.

McDonald's lost a lawsuit where some maroon sued them for not warning her that her coffee was hot. This kind of thing is exactly why lawyers are so rich

They weren't sued for not warning her that the coffee was hot. She knew the coffee was hot.

This isn't going well for you.

 

[AB831]

I never said it would be thrown out, I said the suits don't stand a chance at winning.

It isn't rocket science. Plaintiff has to prove with via a preponderance of the evidence that FedEx's COVID-19 procedures at the station led to a fatal case of the virus, which is all but impossible to do.

Like I said, if you'd like to make the case I'll be happy to make a fool out of you.



They weren't sued for not warning her that the coffee was hot. She knew the coffee was hot.

This isn't going well for you.

I’ll ask this a third time now- where did you go to law school?

 

[MassWineGuy]

I want to hire Jackie, the lawyer from Seinfeld. Did I tell you to put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on?

 

[59 Dano]

I’ll ask this a third time now- where did you go to law school?

Where I did or didn't go to law school is irrelevant. The fact is that whoever is doing the suing has to establish a direct link between FedEx's actions and an employee contracting the coronavirus, which is almost impossible to do, and would be easy to fight in court.

If you want to argue it, argue it.

 

[MassWineGuy]

I agree. It would be an uphill battle.

 

[DeliveryException]

Yeah, trouble is how do you prove it was contracted at FedEx facility and not down at the grocery store or anywhere else for that matter.

 

[floridays]

Nope. Would establish a bad precedent. Didn't cut checks for the guys whose flight careers were ended from the jumpseat terrorist. They paid them what they were liable for via workers comp and so forth, but not a cent more.

I have been quiet until this point.
Exactly,
are you sure and how, the pilots didn't get anything beyond workman's comp?
You must have been either in house or hired counsel to make such a definitive statement.
Nothing more than a question.
More to come possibly.