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IF YOU'RE HURT ON THE
JOB.. ?? ARE YOU COVERED BY
YOUR EMPLOYER? USUALLY THE
ANSWER IS "YES," BUT FOR ONE
MERIDIAN 19-YEAR-OLD.. HER
BOSS TOLD HER "NO." TAMI
TREMBLAY LOOKS INTO HER CASE..
IN TONIGHT'S TRUTH SQUAD
REPORT.
TAMI STAND-UP KARRIE
LOMBARD HAD AN ACCIDENT AT
WORK... A CUSTOMER
THREW-UP... AND SHE PASSED
OUT AFTER CLEANING THE MESS...
2:59:07/KARRIE."a few minutes
later I woke up to paramedics
just surrounding me...they
were everywhere." SHE HAD
BUMPED HER HEAD ON THE WAY
DOWN... AND HER SUPER
SALAD MANAGER CALLED FOR HELP.
LOMBARD TOLD EVERYONE SHE
WAS O-K ... BUT A FEW
WEEKS LATER...2:25:51/KARRIE
"I got this bill in the mail
from ada county for $400."
SHE SAYS ONE OF HER BOSSES
TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY.
3:00:09/KARRIE "he gave me
papers to fill out for workers
comp and said it was going to
be taken car of... I feel
better now." THE BILL
NEVER GOT PAID, THOUGH...
AND LOMBARD CONTINUED GETTING
STATEMENTS IN THE MAIL.
THEN, SHE SAYS, THE BOMB...
3:00:27/KARRIE "the owners
told me it wasn't work related
and there was no reason
workers comp should have to
cover it." 3:29:34/BRECK
"that's not accurate.she was
an employee, had an accident,
there's no question that would
be covered." BOISE
ATTORNEY BRECK SEINIGER...
SAYS HE DEALS WITH CASES LIKE
THIS REGULARLY... AND
LOMBARD SHOULDN'T BE PAYING
THE BILL.3:33:48-53/BRECK "if
you have the accident, it was
related to work, employed at
the time, you're covered."
HE SAYS IF YOU GET IN A
SITUATION LIKE LOMBARD...
TELL YOUR EMPLOYER YOU KNOW
YOUR COVERED, AND IF THEY
DON'T LISTEN... TAKE IT TO
THE IDAHO INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION áAND EVEN A LAWYER.
3:30:15/BRECK "coverage
couldn't even be disputed in
this case." LOMBARD SAYS
HOPEFULLY IT WILL ALL END
POSITIVELY.. AND SUPER
SALAD WILL FINALLY PAY THE
BILL.3:04:31/KARRIE "I
wouldn't have gone this far if
I didn't think I shouldn't be
responsible for it."
3:02:42/KARRIE "it makes me
really frustrated not a day
goes by I don't have it on my
mind and I just want to not
have to think about it all the
time." TAMI STAND-UP
LOMBARD NOW HAS A NEW JOB.
I DID TALK WITH KRISTA CROMAR
OVER THE PHONE... SHE'S A
CO-OWNER OF THE SUPER SALAD
STORE IN MERIDIAN... SHE
TOLD ME SHE WANTED TO GET
THINGS CLEARED UP... AND
WOULD GET BACK TO ME WITH A
STATEMENT... IN THE
STUDIO...TAMI TREMBLAY KBOI 2
NEWS WATCHING OUT FOR YOU.
ANCHOR TAG: TAMI CALLED
KRISTA ON MAY 20-TH AND MAY
24TH. SO FAR... WE HAVE
NOT RECEIVED THAT STATEMENT.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM,
THE TRUTH SQUAD WANTS TO HEAR
FROM YOU. CALL OUR TRUTH
SQUAD HOTLINE AT 489-1262.