Also in October 2012, there was a crisis concerning an injured worker, when 26-year-old Zhang Tingzhen suffered an electric shock and fell in a factory accident a year earlier. His doctors did immediate surgery to remove part of his brain, "which he lost his memory and can neither speak, walk". When his father attempted to get compensation in 2012, "Reuters" reported that Foxconn told the family that if they did not transport and submit him for a disability assessment in Huizhou 70 km away, they would cut off funding for his treatment. His doctors protested the move for fear of a brain haemorrhage en route, and the company stated that it was acting within labour laws. His family later sued Foxconn in 2012, arguing in court that Tingzhen had been summoned to the wrong city. In 2014, a court ruled that he did have to be assessed in Huizhou to receive compensation, with Foxconn offering a settlement for the father to recant his criticisms, which was refused.