Recently there was an article on the newspaper about a man who got injured on the job and claimed workers' comp and sued his boss/building owner for damages. This story doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary, but because the plaintiff decided to blow everything up, the defendants fired back and found some skeletons in the plaintiff's closet. Not only did the plaintiff collected low-income related government assistance fraudulently, he also let someone else use his social security number so that person could illegally work and he in the meantime work another while off the books. Now he's in serious trouble himself.
Given his situation, he was dealt a very bad hand. If he had kept quiet, none of this would've been exposed, but in turn he would had to pay the medical expenses from his injury by himself. He could have tried negotiating with his boss or building owner first, but coming from the viewpoint of the boss/owner it's hard to say whether the laborer was trying to extort them or not. All parties could've settled before heading to court, but I guess things fell apart if the situation went this far already.
So what's the lesson of this story? Always think before you act! Foolish moves lead to undesirable results more often that you think.
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