Anytime a judge is indicted they should be removed from the bench. If they are cleared they can be reinstated. It looks bad to have a sitting judge that has to take a break to go next door and defend themself.
A 5 mph accident and the carrier paid him over $400k?
Didn’t they smell a rat from the get-go?
Good point you make, lastbat. Temporarily remove the judge from the bench until the investigation is over!
Maybe the population IS getting more stupid, or less educated or more corrupt or less ethical or something. Or maybe we just hear about all the bad stuff so much that we get the impression we’re in a handbasket rapidly heading south. I don’t know.
apparently someone smelled a rat because they hired a subrosa investigator to follow him around. if you get a request from a judge on his official letterhead i suspect you would pay up without question and then do exactly what the insurance company did-investigate. good job well done claim staff. keep up the good work.
I didn’t notice this until the second read – a STATE-leased Mercedes-Benz? Since when can the state afford luxury autos? Can’t the judge afford his own car with his six-figure salary? Something fishy in the judicial system here.
I just read on law.com that the judge has been suspended. No word on whether with pay or no, but at least he’s not trying cases while under indictment. He says he will not contest the ruling. Finally, some sense in the world!
This guy is a disgrace to his profession and should be held to a higher standard than John Q. Public. He held himself out as an honorable person who would respect the law. In addition to losing his position, he should have to return his settlement monies. Of course, we all know that once you’re feeding in the Public trough you won’t be held accountable. He’ll fade into the woodwork with his money and retirement intact.
5 MPH accident and you mean to tell me that a bump is worth all that money. that just show you how claim adjusters just don’t use common sense. Case studies shows that accidents like with one would not even leave a scratch on the bumper. If the insurance company paid then that’s on them. People with serious injuries does not see this amount of money. Insurance Fraud Does not pay.
The judge should go to jail. Policy holders are paying higher premium cause of this. He should made a prime example for the simple fact he is a judge. I feel people like him should walk around with a sign stating “I committed fraud, I cause your insurance premium to be high” for ten years.
if you want to read something scary, go to the Insurance Journal for 6/13/07 to the east section under ‘FBI/IRS probe of judge and read the comments of local attorneys who came to this judges defense and were incredulous that anyone would have the audacity to question the integrity of a judge. This post is absolutely incredible. This is where we are as a country. Unbelievable.
No wonder, these judges sit on the bench and see all this money being awarded to “victims”. They want to cash in on it. Judges salaries are not all that great – they say
Maybe you have no claims experience Roots but on claims like this the adjuster is always skeptical, investigates the “injury” and usually follows up with sub-rosa. If the carrier/adjuster decides to deny the injury claim, 9 times of of 10 they come back with an atty and file suit. At this point the carrier needs to decide if best (cost efficient) to litigate and try to defense the case (almost impossible thanks to bleeding heart juries) or to settle. Obviously this settle way out of normal bounds and thanks to the many red flags this fraudlent POS was caught. Ah claims…those were the good days….
The only thing this judge didn’t do was claim that his dry cleaner lost his pants………
Whats with these nutty judges lately or,,,have we just been paying closer attention to our so called legal system???
We haven’t been paying closer attention, people are getting stuppi… stuepider… stupidde… People are getting dumber!
Can’t you just see the new shingle these two lawyers would hang out there – their motto would be “How to Milk the System”
Anytime a judge is indicted they should be removed from the bench. If they are cleared they can be reinstated. It looks bad to have a sitting judge that has to take a break to go next door and defend themself.
A 5 mph accident and the carrier paid him over $400k?
Didn’t they smell a rat from the get-go?
Good point you make, lastbat. Temporarily remove the judge from the bench until the investigation is over!
Maybe the population IS getting more stupid, or less educated or more corrupt or less ethical or something. Or maybe we just hear about all the bad stuff so much that we get the impression we’re in a handbasket rapidly heading south. I don’t know.
TGIF!!!
Did this Superior Court Judge preside over any auto tort claims? If so, they should look at his decisions and consider reopening those cases.
apparently someone smelled a rat because they hired a subrosa investigator to follow him around. if you get a request from a judge on his official letterhead i suspect you would pay up without question and then do exactly what the insurance company did-investigate. good job well done claim staff. keep up the good work.
I didn’t notice this until the second read – a STATE-leased Mercedes-Benz? Since when can the state afford luxury autos? Can’t the judge afford his own car with his six-figure salary? Something fishy in the judicial system here.
I just read on law.com that the judge has been suspended. No word on whether with pay or no, but at least he’s not trying cases while under indictment. He says he will not contest the ruling. Finally, some sense in the world!
This guy is a disgrace to his profession and should be held to a higher standard than John Q. Public. He held himself out as an honorable person who would respect the law. In addition to losing his position, he should have to return his settlement monies. Of course, we all know that once you’re feeding in the Public trough you won’t be held accountable. He’ll fade into the woodwork with his money and retirement intact.
I heard on the radio last weekend that he was indeed removed from his job because of the indictment….
5 MPH accident and you mean to tell me that a bump is worth all that money. that just show you how claim adjusters just don’t use common sense. Case studies shows that accidents like with one would not even leave a scratch on the bumper. If the insurance company paid then that’s on them. People with serious injuries does not see this amount of money. Insurance Fraud Does not pay.
The judge should go to jail. Policy holders are paying higher premium cause of this. He should made a prime example for the simple fact he is a judge. I feel people like him should walk around with a sign stating “I committed fraud, I cause your insurance premium to be high” for ten years.
if you want to read something scary, go to the Insurance Journal for 6/13/07 to the east section under ‘FBI/IRS probe of judge and read the comments of local attorneys who came to this judges defense and were incredulous that anyone would have the audacity to question the integrity of a judge. This post is absolutely incredible. This is where we are as a country. Unbelievable.
No wonder, these judges sit on the bench and see all this money being awarded to “victims”. They want to cash in on it. Judges salaries are not all that great – they say
Maybe you have no claims experience Roots but on claims like this the adjuster is always skeptical, investigates the “injury” and usually follows up with sub-rosa. If the carrier/adjuster decides to deny the injury claim, 9 times of of 10 they come back with an atty and file suit. At this point the carrier needs to decide if best (cost efficient) to litigate and try to defense the case (almost impossible thanks to bleeding heart juries) or to settle. Obviously this settle way out of normal bounds and thanks to the many red flags this fraudlent POS was caught. Ah claims…those were the good days….