Ohio Man Sues Co-Workers After $99M Lottery Win

[RamboLiberal]

What are the chances that a back injury will cost you millions? For Edward Hairston, the odds are about 1 in 175 million.

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Hairston, declined ABCNews.com's request for an interview, claimed in a lawsuit that he participated in the office lottery pool for eight years with his colleagues, before a back injury put him out of work in June, July and August. The group matched all six winning numbers on Aug. 5.

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"The plaintiff didn't play for three months and despite being invited to do so through email he chose not to put money in, therefore he can't be a winner," she said.

Mishkind disputed the claim saying the email was sent to a company address which Hairston could not access from home.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ohio-man-sues-workers-win-lottery/story?id=14453878

As someone who runs the pool at my office when jackpot gets big I've thought about this. Wish I had the problem.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Did he make an effort to participate?

How many times during that 3 months he was gone did he try making an effort or participate?

I find it difficult to believe that during that time he didn't have any contact with any of the other participants and there wasn't any discussion about the lottery.

[Ikonoklast]

3. He must be selectively Amish.

Guess those new-fangled talking devices are a mystery to him.

[patrice]

2. Like one more winner is going to hurt the rest of them, his "friends", that much. wow.

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[Lucian]

4. Oh good god.

:eyes:

This should be thrown immediately.