Anyone following the Progressive Insurance case? Just a quick run down if you haven't heard about it.
Katie Fisher was insured by Progressive. Part of the policy was coverage for accidents with uninsured drivers. Unfortunately, Katie was killed by an uninsured driver who ran a red light. Progressive would not pay the policy. Due to the laws of Maryland, Katie's parents could not sue Progressive for the claim. They had to sue the driver who ran the red light (which they did not want to do). If proven negligent, Progressive would have to pay the claim. Progressive worked for the defendant trying to exonerate him. They have denied this, but court records<http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiryDetail.jis?caseId=24C11002185&loc=69&detailLoc=CC>show different: It is this 19th day of May, 2011, by the Circuit Court For Baltimore City, hereby ORDERED 1. That Progressive Advance Insurance Company be and is hereby allowed to intervene as a party Defendant. 2. That Progressive Insurance Company is GRANTED all rights to participate in this proceeding as if it were an original party to this case. Being allowed to participate and granted the right to participate doesn't mean they actually followed through though. According to Katie's brother, the following happened: At the beginning of the trial on Monday, August 6th, an attorney identified himself as Jeffrey R. Moffat and stated that he worked for Progressive Advanced Insurance Company. He then sat next to the defendant. During the trial, both in and out of the courtroom, he conferred with the defendant. He gave an opening statement to the jury, in which he proposed the idea that the defendant should not be found negligent in the case. He cross-examined the plaintiffs witnesses. On direct examination, he questioned all of the defenses witnesses. He made objections on behalf of the defendant, and he was a party to the argument of all of the objections heard in the case. After all of the witnesses had been called, he stood before the jury and gave a closing argument, in which he argued that my sister was responsible for the accident that killed her, and that the jury should not decide that the defendant was negligent. In the end, Katie's family won the case. Here <http://mattfisher.tumblr.com/post/29338478278/my-sister-paid-progressive-insurance-to-defend-her>is a blog entry by Matt Fisher describing some of what happened. Here's one quote: *If you are insured by Progressive, and they owe you money, they will defend your killer in court in order to not pay you your policy.* J - I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'. - Ronald Reagan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353796 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
