pot head gets workers comp

[john & jean 37]

Montana judge: Park employee mauled by bear after smoking pot should get workers' compensation

(AP) 10:43:38 AM (ET), Saturday, June 5, 2010 (HELENA, Mont.)

A Montana judge says it's not a worker's fault he got mauled by a grizzly bear at a tourist attraction, even if he smoked marijuana before trying to feed the animal.

Brock Hopkins acknowledged smoking pot before arriving to work at Great Bear Adventures on Nov. 2, 2007. When he entered the bear's pen, he was attacked and had to be hospitalized.

The owner of the attraction near Glacier National Park says Hopkins was a volunteer and that his use of marijuana caused the accident.

But Judge James Jeremiah Shea of the state Workers' Compensation Court ruled last month that Hopkins is eligible for benefits.

Shea found that Hopkins was paid, and therefore he's an employee. The judge also concluded Hopkins' use of marijuana was not the main cause of the attack.

[Nagishkaw 510]

[Ban Hammer 14,364]

maybe the bear just didn't like hippies.

[Tahoma 2,298]

Maybe the bear didn't like bogarts.

[mawilson 2,133]

The judge also concluded Hopkins' use of marijuana was not the main cause of the attack.

Do you have a problem with that?

[Ban Hammer 14,364]

Maybe the bear didn't like bogarts.

[john & jean 37]

Do you have a problem with that?

no problem, like the old saying " sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you"

[Otto 83]

Rule of Bears #01

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Feeding a grizzly in his pen 'sober' sounds dumb. Never mind trying it 'baked'.