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In reply to the discussion: Aunt who sued her 12-year-old nephew says insurance rules forced her hand [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)43. You still aren't getting it
NOW her health insurer will cover it.
The way this works is that if your health insurer can point to ANY other insurance - auto, home, whatever - that *might* have to pick up the tab, they will deny coverage.
The jury verdict only establishes which insurer has to pay.
That's why juries aren't allowed to be told this.
Juries are INTENTIONALLY kept in the dark, and made to believe they are determining who is responsible. If they realize that their time is being eaten up on behalf of the respective shareholders and underwriters, they would walk the fuck out.
Our crazy health and social services system makes us pawns in a game played between the insurance companies, and necessitates these nutty lawsuits.
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Aunt who sued her 12-year-old nephew says insurance rules forced her hand [View all]
jberryhill
Oct 2015
OP
Did they force her to complain in court about not being able to "hold the h'ors douevres plate?"
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#1
Even liberals fall victim to the "frivolous out of control lawsuits" meme.
Hassin Bin Sober
Oct 2015
#2
No, the McDonalds coffee thing was totally different. Skin Grafts, 200 degree coffee & crotch burns
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#30
So this case is about multiple surgeries, scars, pain and permanent consequences.
Hassin Bin Sober
Oct 2015
#33
It would appear that no matter what any of us here think, it took about 25 minutes for a jury to
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#37
Right, but health insurance companies are hunting for denials if there is other insurance
jberryhill
Oct 2015
#60
The people defending the insurance companies are the people saying she.....
Hassin Bin Sober
Oct 2015
#25
So she wanted her own homeowners insurance company to cover an accident at another home?
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2015
#14
Your OP: " it was the only way to get her homeowners insurance policy to pay"
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2015
#22
There are previous threads, which have to assume there were multiple insurance companies involved
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2015
#24
my mom & us were on welfare(Aid to Dependant Children & Families) in the early 70s
irisblue
Oct 2015
#50
Really? It was the kind of film that, while on the surface a romantic comedy-drama,
closeupready
Oct 2015
#61