What a surprise

[WoodyTKA]

Its a fucking joke. They will get comp becouse thats PC and thats how fucked up NZ has become under the Labour and Greens goverment. Mercury energy should had told them to piss off to start with. They have done nothing wrong. I fell sorry for the poor guy and his family who has been made out to be a murderer for just doing his job as for those bottom feeding lawers FFS get a rel job. I think he should be sueing the media for slander.

[Dino]

I feel sorry for the poor SOB who turned the power off, only doing his job.
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[ynot slow]

And they could have gone the prepay way for power,all they needed to do was switch companies to one which sold prepay,i.e genesis,then arrange to pay meridian after they had paid their dues at church.Why didn't the church give them money?Oh that's right they get the $$$ from congregation not giving to them.

[F5 Dave]

What rips my undies is they are also going to sue the local dhb for not fully explaining how critical her condition was. So like she’s having trouble breathing.
Q: does that sound;
a) life threatening?
b) like a bit of humour & nothing to worry about?

So the dhb & thus we the tax payers had to buy & supply this piece of 100k(?) equipment that let’s face it would never be available in the islands because she was morbidly obese. - Then pay for their payout, because money will make them feel better?

Seems like the dhb should be presenting them with a bill & sue them for hardship as they could be spending the money saving other people.

With more people becoming incapacitated from gluttony is this going to continue & who is going to pay for it?

[MisterD]

I feel sorry for the poor SOB who turned the power off, only doing his job.
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Thankfully the coroner's report completely exonerated the poor bloke. I hope everyone who accused him of manslaughter or worse is lining up to apologise. I'd love to see him sue all those talkback hosts that slagged him off for ratings...Willie Jackson?? Hmm?

[awayatc]

So the dhb & thus we the tax payers had to buy & supply this piece of 100k(?)

100kg...? .....in between 212 kg and 134 kg according to hospital records.....

[Ocean1]

What rips my undies is they are also going to sue the local dhb for not fully explaining how critical her condition was.

Correct. Two things, though.

Hers was a palliative care regime, her condition wasn't treatable, she had repeatedly been made aware of that.

What the DHB did wrong is that they failed to adequately record the fact that they'd had that conversation with the client's NOK. That's what makes such action legally possible.

The DHB's service Mgr will have been waving a big stick amongst her staff, and if she's successful in getting them to conform to accepted procedures then that's yet another non-productive drain on the resource.

[98tls]

Pack them up and on the first plane HOME sounds like a plan,end of problem.

[robo555]

She died several hours after the power was cut.

What was the family thinking in those hours?

"Mmm...no power, breathing machine not working, doh. Maybe I should call the ambulance, nah...that'll be too smart"

[98tls]

Cant stop mid song.

[RantyDave]

The power went off and they had no choice other than to let her die,what a load of shit.

Exactly. If my mum needed mains power to stay alive she sure as shit would get it. And now they get to sue someone because they're too fucking stupid to keep their own mother alive. Fuck it. Fuck ... it.

Dave

[Dave Lobster]

Is there room on their porch for a couple of pokey machines?

Seems like a good way to take back any compensation they get.

[TimeOut]

She died several hours after the power was cut.

What was the family thinking in those hours?

"Mmm...no power, breathing machine not working, doh. Maybe I should call the ambulance, nah...that'll be too smart"

Na they were too freeking thick to find the 1 but found the lawyers number fairly quick

[fatzx10r]

Pack them up and on the first plane HOME sounds like a plan,end of problem.

i second that

[ynot slow]

They had no phone,neighbours phone was cut off,don't these f..kwits not think try 111 anyway.