November 24, 2024
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Risky Business

Risky Business

Ice folly

A woman who usually parked her car in her garage, left the automobile outside for the night. She woke up and found the car in a few feet of snow, with a thick sheet of ice on her windshield. She started the car and turned on the defroster, but it...

Beach trip turns nightmare

A day at beach turned out to be a harrowing experience for a woman. While sunbathing, she felt pressure on her head, which turned out to be the front end of a Ford suburban, which had struck her. It wasn’t clear what exactly the government vehicle was doing on the...

Stair malfunction?

A man ran up and down the stairs of his 10-storey building, ended up tripping and falling, causing a fracture to his elbow and nose. He filed a lawsuit against the building, claiming the maintenance to be negligent. However, videotapes showed that there were no obstructions whatsoever, and furthermore, the...

Turkey missile

A 50-year-old woman was hit in the face by a frozen turkey. Nearly every bone in her face was broken after the missile smashed through her car windshield, and her face had to be rebuilt. Doctors were forced to keep her in a medically induced coma for almost a month...

Corn ???dog??? indeed!

Here’s a crazy pet insurance claim. A veterinarian initially thought that the lump on a Boston Terrier’s side was a bee sting, or a cancerous growth. Unfortunately, the lump got bigger over months and the owner had to agree to surgery. Apparently the lump was due to a corn dog...

Invisible man

Airlines receive claims all the time for lost luggage or delayed or cancelled flights. A most unusual claim occurred when a man was flying from California to Louisiana to visit his sister. He fell asleep and when he woke up, he found himself in a cold, dark and locked plane...

Safekeeping gone awry

A family holidaying at the beach were forced to make a claim after the good intentions of their children backfired! The two children decided that it would be wise to bury the family video camera in sand to prevent it being stolen while they went swimming – only problem was,...

Short-lived Scam

If you’re going to bury your motorcycle for the insurance payout, you should make sure your wife doesn’t see you do it. One person failed that test, and after threatening to bury her with the bike if she told. She did just that. He planned to bury his Harley-Davidson motorcycle...

Shampoo, or fuel?

A female driver lodged a claim after allegedly mistaking a bottle of shampoo for a petrol container. How she did this is quite not sure, but it is safe to say that it caused serious damage to her fuel tank (and a few smirks in the insurance office too). Funny,...

Curious pup

Many dogs and cats are tempted to investigate shiny Christmas tree decorations, and a 19-week-old Boxer puppy named Laila was no exception to this scenario. The puppy downed a glass ornament, resulting in an exam, X-rays and a hospital stay. Eighty percent of the claim was reimbursed, after the deductible.

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