tell you what. you have someone accuse you of arson, pedophilia, or some other degarding criminal behavior. Really ok with rolling over and accepting it? Man, you industry guys are so far gone into justifying your own “insurance” world that when a jury says an innocent man was slandered in the worst way – your only response is to find some way to slander them again? Go to church, psychotherapy, join an ashram – anything that will remind you of what’s going on inside. Holy moly – your comment was the meanest response I could have imagined. All you left out was that the jury was an obvious bunch of idiots. good luck man.
Would have settled for less/It’s not about the money. If they would have settled for less, how about a report on how much they gave to humanitarian organizations? As for it’s not about the money…….well……..
Judge approves $16.5 million for blacks in settlement of Milwaukee redlining lawsuit – insurance redlining lawsuit filed against American Family Insurance by eight black homeowners in Milwaukee, WI – Brief Article 1995 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n14_v88/ai_17210271http:
unethical behavior is not something new for American Family! The sad part is American Family uses policholder money to fight and payout these claims so it actually costs them zero!!!
$2mm is not that big of a settlement these days. I think that the jury got it right. They punished the carrier trying to get out of paying by accusing a man of arson, with no proof. And the settlement was not outrageous.
I don’t have enough information here to say whether it’s right or wrong. We do have the right to state our opinion that a lot of juries rule on emotion rather than actual law. The article doesn’t really say why the company was so hot to make this arson. Is this just a trial lawyer press release or real information? A lot of the IJ articles leave you wondering. It’s not wrong to question juries jimmy. They most certainly don’t always get it right.
well my God, a reasonable response. Of course I agree with you. Of course juries are not informed enough to make enough of the actual information and usually are swayed by the emotional aspects and presentations of opposing attorneys. I can be plenty cynical. But listen, unless guys/women like you take over the industry and work with people on the other side who are really most interested in truth and not simply compassion everything is going to get worse for people on both sides of the equation. BUT, I really appreciate the respectful way you worded your response. jim
Jimmy – i don’t know if you are new to this site, but i can’t say i disagree too much with Fairytales. In all honesty, isn’t it the job of the insurance company to rule out foul play? if they paid out every claim, where would the rest of us be? and please, don’t ever say that accusing someone of arson is the same as accusing them of pedophilia. THAT, my friend, is offensive. your aggagerations were uncalled for and ironically enough, did your comment no justice.
Bottom line…guess who will be paying for their “deserving” settlement? Feel good as it may be, I am insured by American Family and will be curious to see how my rates fluctuate this year….
tell you what. you have someone accuse you of arson, pedophilia, or some other degarding criminal behavior. Really ok with rolling over and accepting it? Man, you industry guys are so far gone into justifying your own “insurance” world that when a jury says an innocent man was slandered in the worst way – your only response is to find some way to slander them again? Go to church, psychotherapy, join an ashram – anything that will remind you of what’s going on inside. Holy moly – your comment was the meanest response I could have imagined. All you left out was that the jury was an obvious bunch of idiots. good luck man.
Would have settled for less/It’s not about the money. If they would have settled for less, how about a report on how much they gave to humanitarian organizations? As for it’s not about the money…….well……..
Judge approves $16.5 million for blacks in settlement of Milwaukee redlining lawsuit – insurance redlining lawsuit filed against American Family Insurance by eight black homeowners in Milwaukee, WI – Brief Article 1995
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n14_v88/ai_17210271http:
unethical behavior is not something new for American Family! The sad part is American Family uses policholder money to fight and payout these claims so it actually costs them zero!!!
$2mm is not that big of a settlement these days. I think that the jury got it right. They punished the carrier trying to get out of paying by accusing a man of arson, with no proof. And the settlement was not outrageous.
Good job.
I don’t have enough information here to say whether it’s right or wrong. We do have the right to state our opinion that a lot of juries rule on emotion rather than actual law. The article doesn’t really say why the company was so hot to make this arson. Is this just a trial lawyer press release or real information? A lot of the IJ articles leave you wondering. It’s not wrong to question juries jimmy. They most certainly don’t always get it right.
well my God, a reasonable response. Of course I agree with you. Of course juries are not informed enough to make enough of the actual information and usually are swayed by the emotional aspects and presentations of opposing attorneys. I can be plenty cynical. But listen, unless guys/women like you take over the industry and work with people on the other side who are really most interested in truth and not simply compassion everything is going to get worse for people on both sides of the equation. BUT, I really appreciate the respectful way you worded your response. jim
Jimmy – i don’t know if you are new to this site, but i can’t say i disagree too much with Fairytales. In all honesty, isn’t it the job of the insurance company to rule out foul play? if they paid out every claim, where would the rest of us be? and please, don’t ever say that accusing someone of arson is the same as accusing them of pedophilia. THAT, my friend, is offensive. your aggagerations were uncalled for and ironically enough, did your comment no justice.
Bottom line…guess who will be paying for their “deserving” settlement? Feel good as it may be, I am insured by American Family and will be curious to see how my rates fluctuate this year….