Progressive Corporation believes that with the country's current weak economic prospects, some policyholders might take advantage of their auto insurance policies and file
false claims for injuries or damages sustained during... (more) November 23, 2009
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Technical Answer: «If a
claim is made or a suit is brought against an insured
for damages because of bodily
injury or property damage... we will pay up to our limit of liability
for the damages
for which the insured is legally liable... and provide a defense at our expense by counsel of our choice even if the suit is groundless,
false, or fraudulent.»
The government intends to introduce measures to end the right to cash compensation
for minor whiplash
injuries, and will consult on the details in the New Year This will end the cycle in which responsible motorists pay higher premiums to cover
false claims by others.
Product liability can involve a
claim that a product manufacturer should be held liable
for the personal
injury of a victim who suffered from a defect in a product or from
false representations made by the product manufacturer.
There is a new act the Children's Sports Athletic Equipment Safety Act; this act would establish tougher penalties
for manufacturers that make
false or misleading
injury prevention
claims about their helmets and other athletic equipment.
When the strap breaks because it was overloaded and a consumer is then injured or property damaged, the company may find itself involved in a product liability suit and responsible
for those
injuries and damages simply
for making
false or uninformed
claims.
No sympathy
for those abusing the system there
for legitimate
claims by
false injuries or mysterious illnesses.
Represented a home nursing service in an action brought by a former home health aide seeking damages
for injuries allegedly sustained when a patient
for whom the home health aide was caring, propositioned him
for oral sex and when the aide refused filed a
false claim with the police that the aide had sexually abused him.
While this example isn't meant to be taken completely seriously, any time a customer believes he has suffered some sort of
injury based on
false advertising, or maybe an omission in a product's information, he may file a
claim for compensation.
«Firms can not afford to be sidetracked by employee problems such as workplace violence, theft,
false resumes, embezzlement, harassment, or trumped - up
injury claims as employers can be sued
for negligent hiring if they hire someone they should have known, through the exercise of due diligence, was dangerous, unfit, dishonest, or unqualified.»