Conyers got $64,012 for falling in Cobo

**leland_palmer** · July-01-09, 08:31 PM

OK, I don't want to ever hear Monica claim that Gary Brown stole for the city again.

David Josar
The Detroit News

Conyers was injured at Cobo Center in 2003, leading to a prolonged fight with Detroit Public Schools over a worker's compensation claim she filed while an attendance officer and substitute teacher, according to records from the Workers' Compensation Agency. The district initially balked at the claim, but paid her $64,012, according to records obtained by The Detroit News through the Freedom of Information Act.

On Dec. 4, 2003, she slipped and fell while at a seminar in Cobo Center and damaged her right knee, according to the claims. Then on June 3, 2004, that knee gave out, causing her to fall and hurt her left knee. Then on June 24, 2004, she fell again, injuring both knees and tearing her rectum,

[Insert John Conyers joke here.]

**gnome** · July-01-09, 08:38 PM

rectum? rectum! heck man, she nearly killed him!

**WolverinesA2** · July-01-09, 08:46 PM

The fact that John Conyers chose to marry this woman gives me a very low opinion of his judgment.

**exdetroiter** · July-06-09, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by WolverinesA2

The fact that John Conyers chose to marry this woman gives me a very low opinion of his judgment.

I agree, he obviously is as low-class and ghetto as Monica, but better at concealing it in public or he married her because she was pregnant and he was 61. He may have thought it was the honorable thing to do. Keep in mind she was 25 at the time and he is from the old school, plus having a baby's momma, age 25 would not have look to go upon his political career. He may have let his little head distort his big head.

**BFoster** · July-06-09, 11:33 AM

The injuries that Ms. Conyers sustained as a result of her Cobo "fall" might help explain her extended medical leave a few months ago. She vaguely alluded to having surgery, but never provided any further detail. At the time, it seemed highly likely that she was malingering, but recent revelations by Mr. Josar suggest that she may have gotten a bum rap.

**mjs** · July-06-09, 08:52 PM

She fell on her behind. Well, that explains the brain damage that's evident in her behavior.

**Roq** · July-06-09, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by BFoster

At the time, it seemed highly likely that she was malingering, but recent revelations by Mr. Josar suggest that she may have gotten a bum rap.

hehehehe...

**exdetroiter** · July-07-09, 08:26 AM

Considering all the cushion behind her, she should have bounced back up after falling.

2blocksaway · July-01-09, 08:54 PM

it just keeps getting better.

**gnome** · July-01-09, 09:06 PM

Let me understand...she's married to john Conyers, falls on her knees and ends up with a torn up rectum. omg

This never would have happened to Hazen Pingree.

**iheartthed** · July-01-09, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by gnome

Let me understand...she's married to john Conyers, falls on her knees and ends up with a torn up rectum. omg

Must've mistook her for his boyfriend. lol...

**Ray1936** · July-01-09, 09:26 PM

"Rectum's okay. It's this damned hernia that's killing me."

**1KielsonDrive** · July-01-09, 09:29 PM

What is this, Comedy Central? You guys are a serious laugh.

**leland_palmer** · July-01-09, 09:58 PM

Personally, I think John got drunk one night and mistook Monica for a man.

**Baselinepunk** · July-01-09, 10:37 PM

Call SAM!! Call LEE FREE!!! lol!!

**Moetown** · July-02-09, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by leland_palmer

Personally, I think John got drunk one night and mistook Monica for a man.

I would liked to have seen the look on his face when she said she was pregnant..

**pffft** · July-01-09, 10:57 PM

Apparently she did! It's amazing a fairly young woman would be falling that much...

**mjs** · July-02-09, 01:03 AM

Perhaps another member of council gave in to pushing her down a flight of stairs. That would be understandable.

**Moetown** · July-02-09, 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by pffft

Apparently she did! It's amazing a fairly young woman would be falling that much...

The way she boozes it up, she probably falls all the time. Bruised knees and torn rectums sound like a normal saturday night for her..

**Khartoum** · July-02-09, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Moetown

The way she boozes it up, she probably falls all the time. Bruised knees and torn rectums sound like a normal saturday night for her..

Ahahahahahahaha! Awesome!

**MCP-001** · July-02-09, 08:05 AM

Again, ewwwwwwwwww!

**kryptonite** · July-02-09, 11:14 AM

Anyone know if the rectum injury resulted in her apparent permanent brain damage?

**Hamtragedy** · July-02-09, 11:44 PM

That's funny!

**BFoster** · July-03-09, 12:18 AM

Compliments to David Josar of the Detroit News for getting to the bottom of this story. Two broken knees and a torn rectum ...I'm no Sam Bernstein, but that doesn't much sound like your average slip and fall. You'd think with all that good lawyerin' MC learned in law school [[getting that degree that they don't just hand out to anybody) she'd be able to scare up more than 64K$ for her misfortune. To put it another way, you'd think she'd wanna tear somebody a new one for tearing her a new one. Based on this settlement and her lowball rate for the Synagro vote, a cynic might say she's either a terrible negotiator or an expensive date.

All kidding aside, this is a sad situation. However, if you step back and look at the facts, it's pretty clear that this was a tragic case of mistaken identity, in which poor Monica fell victim to a deranged stalker who was obsessed with... Eddie Munster.

**pffft** · July-03-09, 08:50 AM

This may be a bum rap, but wasn't she skipping down her driveway on stilettos when she told reporters to get the hell off her property? [[All she needed was a varmint-killing gun).