Bleeding on the sidewalk? That'll cost you $2,000

[The Straight Story]

PHOENIX – Jennifer Petz was terrified a few months ago when she awoke to find her teenage son had accidentally inured himself while grabbing a knife to make a midnight snack.

Not knowing what to do while his parents slept upstairs, Taylor called an ambulance and walked outside to wait for help. Paramedics arrived and although he was taken to the hospital, the wound did not require stitches.
...

However, a month later, Taylor and his mom received a letter from the City of Peoria demanding $2,000. "I feel like I am being strong-armed, truly by the city attorney's office, being billed repeatedly for this $2,000."

The City of Peoria had hired a bio-hazard company to go out to their Peoria neighborhood in order to clean up blood droplets left from Taylor's wound as he waited in the street and sidewalk for the ambulance.

The bio-hazard company, surprisingly, was hired out of Tucson which is 2½ hours away.

http://www.azfamily.com/news/consumer/Valley-City-Bills-Family-2000-Over-Medical-Emergency-118681164.html

[FreakinDJ]

1. Does the $2000 include the Kick Back to the Jackass who hired them

[Poll_Blind]

2. Ding! Ding! Ding!

PB

[Tesha]

3. "So sue me."

This is almost begging for a pro-se defense in court.

"Does Peoria clean-up in this way after every squirrel
hit by a car? Who do they bill?"

"Does Peoria clean-up in this way after every city
worker gets a paper cut? Motion to subpoena all of
the occupational safety records for all of Peoria
for the past decade."

"Did the Peoria employee who engaged the bio-
hazard company have any connection to the
bio-hazard company?"

And don't forget to call every media outlet every
time there's an interesting development.

I think Peoria will get laughed out of court.

Tesha

[LiberalFighter]

4. I do hope someone does something about this.

[TBF]

5. Love this response. nt