City Worker To Be Compensated
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Rhonda Fackler, who became asthmatic from hydrocarbon fumes while working at the city engineering office, will receive monetary compensation for the time she was not working due to her illness, her husband Don Fackler said Monday.
The Facklers received the call Friday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co., the city's insurance company for workman's compensation, said, "Her benefits were compensable under the Indiana statute."
The company spokeswoman would not issue any further statements.
As reported Saturday, city attorney Mike Valentine said, "We had a second test performed. In either case, there was no problem with (the air quality)."
In a letter to Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co., specialist Thomas E. Hayhurst, M.D., wrote: "I basically feel that Mrs. Fackler's work environment has 'caused' her respiratory problems rather than 'aggravated' those problems."
Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins declined comment on the issue. [[In-content Ad]]
Rhonda Fackler, who became asthmatic from hydrocarbon fumes while working at the city engineering office, will receive monetary compensation for the time she was not working due to her illness, her husband Don Fackler said Monday.
The Facklers received the call Friday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co., the city's insurance company for workman's compensation, said, "Her benefits were compensable under the Indiana statute."
The company spokeswoman would not issue any further statements.
As reported Saturday, city attorney Mike Valentine said, "We had a second test performed. In either case, there was no problem with (the air quality)."
In a letter to Monroe Guaranty Insurance Co., specialist Thomas E. Hayhurst, M.D., wrote: "I basically feel that Mrs. Fackler's work environment has 'caused' her respiratory problems rather than 'aggravated' those problems."
Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins declined comment on the issue. [[In-content Ad]]