Adjuster Found Drunk on Beach Can't Get Benefits for Brain Injury

By Sherri Okamoto, Legal ReporterThe Washington Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that an insurance adjuster who was found lying on his back in the surf of a Texas beach, while on assignment to assess property damage claims in the wake of Hurricane Ike, was not entitled to benefits for a brain injury that manifested while he was in the hospital. Rudolph Knight admitted he had been drinking heavily in the hours before paramedics pulled him from the water, and he said he had no recollection of what had happened to him.The court said Knight had to present enough evidence to create a tria...