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An Ohio man who was out sick when his coworkers won a $99 million
lottery jackpot hopes to have his lucky day in court.
Last month, 22 KraftMaid employees in Youngstown, Ohio who regularly
pooled their money to buy lottery tickets won the Mega Millions draw, TV
station WEWS reported. But one man, Edward Hairston, missed out on the
big prize because he'd been on sick leave for three months and hadn't
contributed his $5 to the pot in June, July and August, according to
WCKN.
Now Hairston is suing his newly rich colleagues for his share of the
winnings -- about $2 million -- because his lawyer claims it was an
unwritten policy to cover for workers who were sick or on vacation,
according to the Ohio News Network. Until Hairston's back injury forced
him out of the factory for three months, his lawyer told The Cleveland
Plain Dealer that his client had kicked in his dues every month for
eight years before the workers hit the big one.
When he tried to collect his piece of the pie, his coworkers told him he
wasn't entitled to a dime, his attorney Howard Mishkind said. A lawyer
for the winners told The Plain Dealer that two other employees who
played in July, but didn't play in August haven't sued.
A judge last week ordered that $2.8 million be set aside while the
parties sort out the dispute, The Vindicator of Youngstown reported. |
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