Carrier Reverses, Agrees to Pay Joplin Tornado Hero's Comp Claim

The workers' compensation claim of a Missouri social worker honored by the General Assembly as a hero for his efforts to save three developmentally disabled adults during the May 22 tornado in Joplin will be paid after all, the Associated Press reported on Monday.On Sunday, the news service reported that Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America, based in Lansing, Mich., had denied Mark Linquist's claim - but the carrier announced on Monday it had reviewed the claim further and would honor it.The tornado's 200-miles-per-hour winds threw Lindquist nearly a block, breaking all his ribs,...