November 24, 2024
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Risky Business

Risky Business

Biting into a Grasshopper thinking it to be Spinach!

Claimant reported that he purchased two cans of Spinach from the insured. While he was having the Spinach, he noticed a dead insect approximately three-fourths of an inch long on his fork. He stopped eating immediately and vomited several times. He experienced difficulty sleeping that night and vomited occasionally during...

GPS navigates driver to a lake!

Three women visiting Bellevue, Washington, were out after midnight, unable to find their way back to their hotel. They finally turned on the GPS to get them to their hotel. They took what they thought was a road that would lead them to the highway. As guided by the GPS,...

ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET

Claimant was attending a red carpet event at a theatre in Los Angeles. Apparently, when the red carpet was rolled out, a few tools were overlooked and ended up under the carpet. Claimant tripped on the red carpet, causing her designer dress to rip and her stiletto heel to break....

Sleeping terrorist

A lawsuit was arranged against the flight attendants of a European airline for negligence. The claimant alleged that he fell asleep on his flight from Los Angeles, California to Chicago, Illinois and woke up in a dark, empty cabin believing the plane had crashed. He stated that he did not...

That???s quite an itchy claim!

A police officer in England received more than USD 12,000 in workers’ compensation for injuries sustained in the line of duty. No, he did not get stabbed and nor was he shot. He was bitten-not by a police dog, but by fleas! Thanks to an infestation at his station, the...

TO ASSESS DAMAGE, LOG ONTO YOUTUBE.COM

One of the insured called the insurance office and asked if the insurance follows the car or if it follows the person with insurance. After learning that the insurance follows the car, she quickly hung up and called back in five minutes to report her claim. Apparently, her teenage son,...

RICE BAG BURNING AN APARTMENT!

One of the occupants of an apartment heated up a rice bag to soothe his sore muscles. After several minutes of heating, the bag began to smolder. Seeing that, he threw the smoldering bag of rice outside his apartment and it landed on a couch. The couch caught fire from...

Beware of paint stripping factories!

Claimant drove his car into a factory that was using chemicals for stripping paint. Though the Claimant wasn’t hurt initially, but when he got out of the car, chemicals came in contact with his skin causing severe burns. Not only that, but he also suffered injury to his lungs and...

Assault and Dentistry?

A dentist got into a heated argument with his patient, when she questioned him about her bill. The dentist lost his temper and yanked out the veneers from the patient’s mouth that he had just completed. The patient called the police, but also filed a civil lawsuit seeking damages and...

MARY POPPINS?

Claimant bought a large umbrella at a pharmacy. Just after she walked out the door, she raised the umbrella. A gust of wind blew the umbrella in such a way that it injured her eye. She filed a claim against the pharmacy that denied the claim, since it was the...

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