By all means if the guy was hurt on the job he's entitled to ask for something given he wasn't trained nor expecting to be bumped. The actual wording in the suit is hilariously sensationalized though, straight out of the playbooks of every lawyer that specializes in ambulance chasing claims.
Timing-wise it sounds like he sat on it for 2 years because he was hoping to get more work with them and didn't want a lawsuit to torpedo it, and since it didn't happen here's the suit.
Anyway, $25k in damages isn't an outlandish sum to ask for. I'd expect this is something that'll just get settled quickly.
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