A disabled woman who injured herself due to an uneven pavement that caused her to fall out of her wheelchair has claimed that incompetent hospital staff have hampered a possible insurance payout. According to the woman, the hospital failed to make complete notes and therefore a reduced settlement did not...
A female employee working for a cleaning company was working alone one night and found a cockroach near the toilet she was cleaning. Quickly she squashed the insect with her shoe. Not satisfied with the results, she wrapped the cockroach with tissue paper and crushed it again. Further, just to...
An elderly woman who was in critical condition after unknowingly drinking sweet tea laced with a lye-based cleaner at a restaurant. An employee accidentally confused a chemical cleaner with the sweetner used to make the ice tea and ended up mixing in six full cups of the powdered lye. The...
A claimant sued an elementary school that served as a polling place for elections, claiming they were negligent for failing to clean their floors. She slipped and fell entering a voting booth. Depositions of poll workers revealed that the floor was swept and cleaned before the polls opened. One witness...
A popular hotel that was awaiting renovation caught fire. Arson was suspected. Shortly after, it was found that somebody had posted on the hotel’s social media page that the hotel should be burned to the ground. The investigators now have a good start to their examination.
A woman was driving in heavy traffic with a puppy in the passenger seat. The puppy was a bit unruly, so she reached over to grab the animal to comfort it. As she moved to put the puppy on her lap, she mistakenly grabbed the emergency brake. She immediately began...
A man recently organised an insurance fraud that earned him several million dollars. The filed bogus motor insurance claims for seven years for damage to equipment that fell off trailers or was on the side of the road. He submitted a claim in the name of a business and the...
A man suspected on his tenth drunken driving offence is blaming a Wisconsin tradition for his latest troubles. He told the authorities that the reason he smelled like alcohol is because he had eaten beer-battered fish. The man was spotted making a U-turn on the highway. A police official followed...
An insured was driving on a country road when she drove around a corner and hit a large Moose with antlers. Her 8-year-old son who was with her at the time accompanied her when she went to check on the animal. There was some blood on the animal’s nose. Seeing...
Here’s another one that insurers did not have to think twice to refuse. A woman collided with a waitress in a restaurant carrying a tray for glasses and sued the establishment for negligence. At arbitration, it came about the woman was found to be negligent for walking past large sign...
