Also in October 2012, there was a crisis concerning an injured worker in which 26-year-old Zhang Tingzhen[131] suffered an electric shock and fell in a factory accident[132] a year earlier. His doctors did immediate surgery to remove part of his brain,[133] "[after which] he lost his memory and can neither speak, walk".[134] When his father attempted to get compensation in 2012,[133] Reuters reported that Foxconn told the family to transport and submit him for a disability assessment in Huizhou 70 km away, or it would cut off funding for his treatment.[131] His doctors protested the move for fear of a brain haemorrhage en route,[134] and the company stated that it was acting within labour laws.[132][135] His family later sued Foxconn in 2012 and argued in court that Tingzhen had been summoned to the wrong city.[131] In 2014, a court ruled that he had to be assessed in Huizhou to receive compensation, with Foxconn offering a settlement for the father to recant his criticisms, which was refused.[133]