"Debilitating Pain"
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Her case was felled by a Christmas tree throwing competition.
A court in Ireland dismissed a mother’s $820,000 insurance claim after a picture emerged of her winning a contest to see who could toss a tree the farthest.
Kamila Grabska, 36, had claimed that a car accident in 2017 left her with “debilitating pain,” leaving her unable to lift heavy bags and keeping her in bed on bad days, according to disclosures made at Ireland's High Court and reported by the Irish Independent newspaper.
The constant pain in her back, neck and thoracic spine left her unable to lift groceries, do chores or play with her two children, the newspaper reported the disclosures, made to the court sitting in Limerick, as saying.
She sued RSA Insurance on the basis that she could not work for over five years, claiming past and future loss of earnings that amounted to around $542,000 of her total claim, according to the Irish Independent.
Her case came unstuck when a photo published in the newspaper almost a year after her accident showed Grabska winning a Christmas tree throwing contest.
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One of my favorites ...
Postman was trying for disability retirement after a supposed work injury. To make some cash during his case, he was building climbing deer stands in his shop.
A couple of guys showed up one day, saying they'd been referred by his friend, and asked if they bought four stands, would he cut the price a bit?
Having agreed on the price, the two guys asked if he could show them how to put the stand on the tree and show them how it worked, as they hadn't hunted out of a sit down/stand up climber.
The postman put the stand on a tree in his backyard, got in it and climbed a few feet. While he did that, the two postal inspectors took pictures.
Claim denied.
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So is this a case of a bogus claim and she’s really fine?
Or is she really hurt but it was the tree throwing that caused it not a car accident?
@jon-nyc said in "Debilitating Pain":
So is this a case of a bogus claim and she’s really fine?
Yes.
