I had to read this twice

[Mardi Gras Audrey]

Oct 14, 2015 14:44:25 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Oct 14, 2015 8:16:50 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

One thought about walking up stairs: if you are holding something in one of your arms or hands you might have to hold onto the stair railing. If your left arm is broken, you cannot hold anything in it while you hold onto the railing with your right. Conversely, if your right arm is broken, you can hold something in your left arm but cannot hold onto the railing with your right.

I broke my upper arm in two places a little over 1.5 years ago (arm was immobilized against my body for 3 weeks) and my upstairs condo does not have an elevator either. I have just one word for this: backpack! BTDT.

What is this technology you speak of?     

[bean29]

I was going to comment on this earlier and I decided not to.  

About 20 years ago my Dad was injured on property his brother owned.  It occurred in a building he had leased to a business he owned, and it was used for something with a higher liability risk so his brother paid pretty sizable insurance premiums on it.  His brother should have put my Dad on the payroll on Monday and filed a worker's comp claim, but since he did not, he told my Dad to sue him.  

My Dad was a union employee and his Union hired a law firm to represent dad.  I suppose it was largely b/c the Health insurance and Disability would be subrogated.  Mom said the law firm was pretty top notch, but their recovery options were limited by the state the accident occurred in.  

There never really was hard feelings between our family members, but it just occurred to me to wonder if people thought Dad and his brother were on the outs with each other b/c of the lawsuit.  

I read earlier that the lawyers pretty much said she sued b/c it was the only way to get her medical bills paid.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Not surprising.  I knew that the story stunk from the beginning.


blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2015/10/the-real-story-about-the-aunt-who-sued-her-nephew/

Jennifer Connell, the “hateful” aunt, finally got a chance to tell the story that should’ve been included from the start.

Appearing on the Today show this morning, she pointed out that under Connecticut law, she can’t sue the insurance company for its refusal to cover her under Sean’s parents’ homeowners policy. She can only sue an individual.

The insurance company reportedly offered only $1 for her medical bills.


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“This was simply a case of formality with an insurance claim,” she said. “I said at the start of this, ‘I don’t understand why. I don’t want to sue Sean.'”

“It was amazing how I walked into court that morning and walked out all over social media. It just spun and spun, and suddenly I was getting calls, ‘Don’t look at the Internet. Don’t turn on the television.’ And it was sort of heartbreaking and really painful, but also like walking into a film of someone else’s life.”

“I just feel that perhaps it’s the way the legal system is set up, so the insurance companies aren’t necessarily in the spotlight for stepping up and taking responsibilities for handling claims [on] properties.”

It also an example of how bad legal reporting damages justice, Law on the Web writes today. James Watkin said it’s much like the coverage of the case of the woman who sued McDonald’s over hot coffee.

The threat of being roundly shamed and humiliated, as happened in this case, might put off people from claiming for compensation in the future – this is great news for big corporations and businesses who want to cut corners, but not so good for people who have been genuinely wronged.

If this had been reported as “Insurance company forces woman to sue nephew after refusing to cover her medical bills”, perhaps Americans would have decided that this was unfair, and they might have been more likely to support health care reform.

Instead, almost all of the reporting focused on the perceived shortcomings of the aunt, averting any discussion of whether or not it was fair for her insurer to refuse to pay out.

[fishy999]

Denying the claim is bad- but expected.  Offering $1 is in asshole territory.