NI, I don’t think it’s meant to explain anything other than a bunch of people were crammed into a mobile home and some were injured when somebody torched it. They’ve all gone home now. Pretty expensive mobile home. I wonder how badly they were injured if they’ve already left the country. I wonder how hard the insurer will look for them to cut the check.
The insurer doesn’t have to look for them. They cut the check payable to the aqttorney and the victims. It’s up to the attorney to get everyone to cosign the check (including himself) and then it can be deposited.
There goes the loss history of the owner! It sounds like they were trying to give these folks a break by letting so many of them stay in one trailer that was probably nicer than where they lived in Guatemala. No good deed goes unpunished. It’s pure speculation that the injuries/deaths may not have occured if there had been no wire over the windows. The place was firebombed and somebody had it in for these people. Nobody put a gun to their heads and force dthem to stay in the trailer. In reality, it’s another case of American dollars being routed some jerwater country thanks to our perverted legal system. It’s a food bet these were migrant workers without papers who never paid a cent in taxes. After the attorney fees, there’s still about $3.5MM headed to Central America. I’m sure the survivors will be telling their neighbors that “America be veddy veddy good to me.” Of course we can thank the local sleaze bag attorney for looking up the relatives and offering to help them make some money.
As a farmer, I also have allowed some of my migrating workers the use of a trailer to sleep in over night the few hours they are not at work. I have 20 employees and 4 trailers, nonetheless they insist on all cramming in to just the 2 trailers.
GI, Since you are posting here on an insurance related site I will assume that you are in the business and consequently somewhat educated. You are entitled to your opinion but you should learn to put your brain into gear before engaging your mouth.I shutter at the underlying bigotry and racism in your post. Where is your compassion man? These are human beings earning a living through blood,sweat,and tears….doing a job that most Americans feel beneath them to do. They form an intergral part of our economy affording the rest of us the priviledge of cheap produce as opposed to the exhuberant prices found around the world. There’s no doubt that migrants tend to be from impoverished regions and that the trailer probably provided much needed comfort but have you ever driven through the backwoods of West Virginia or maybe around the Louisiana bayou? Poor people are poor people!It is unfair to judge them on that basis……
Now, realize that the same resentment that underlies your feelings about these people is just a fraction of the hatred that usually course through the veins of the local yahoos where these farms are located. A migrants’ life is not easy…They often are abused, harassed, and robbed by the locals of these towns. Who can they call for help? Did you stop to think that they all piled up in the 1 trailer because there is safety in numbers. Look, was 6 million a fair judgement? Who’s to say? But as an adjuster for 15 years, I’ve never paid a claim that I believed to be bogus and have regularly denied meritless claims without losing any sleep. Obviously a settlement was reached in this matter. That would lead one to believe that there was some merit here….the value is another issue.
By the way, do you know the attorney? how do you know he is a sleazebag? Are we to also believe that all Insurance Companies are crooked because it has been alleged that some have altered adjuster and engineers reports on claims so as not to pay legitimate claims……..In the business that we are in, we often have a fiduciary responsibility to one party or another. If the system is going to work, it behooves us to approach these situations with an open mind……… and a little compassion
I have relatives all over bayou country and am thankful for the Hispanics that rebuilding New Orleans.
That being said yeah attornies take too much in fees but no amount of money can bring lives back. Whether GI feels this is meritless or not, too much money or not, six people left this life and entered the afterlife.
LOU, I appreciate your compassion and your comments but I think that GI has a point. Had these individuals been here legally I have no problem with their receiveing remunertaion for their losses. However, I can only asume that were not here legally cause as soon as the event happended, them and their relatives all bolted for the border. I know that if one of my relatives died and I had a law suit pending I am not going anywhere. My butt is going to be parked out front of the court house or in front of my lawyers office waiting for the verdict.
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This article explains nothing. Is there a link out there that would explain what this is actually about?
NI, I don’t think it’s meant to explain anything other than a bunch of people were crammed into a mobile home and some were injured when somebody torched it. They’ve all gone home now. Pretty expensive mobile home. I wonder how badly they were injured if they’ve already left the country. I wonder how hard the insurer will look for them to cut the check.
The insurer doesn’t have to look for them. They cut the check payable to the aqttorney and the victims. It’s up to the attorney to get everyone to cosign the check (including himself) and then it can be deposited.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/sep/11/settlement_reached_immokalee_trailer_park_fire/
There goes the loss history of the owner! It sounds like they were trying to give these folks a break by letting so many of them stay in one trailer that was probably nicer than where they lived in Guatemala. No good deed goes unpunished. It’s pure speculation that the injuries/deaths may not have occured if there had been no wire over the windows. The place was firebombed and somebody had it in for these people. Nobody put a gun to their heads and force dthem to stay in the trailer. In reality, it’s another case of American dollars being routed some jerwater country thanks to our perverted legal system. It’s a food bet these were migrant workers without papers who never paid a cent in taxes. After the attorney fees, there’s still about $3.5MM headed to Central America. I’m sure the survivors will be telling their neighbors that “America be veddy veddy good to me.” Of course we can thank the local sleaze bag attorney for looking up the relatives and offering to help them make some money.
As a farmer, I also have allowed some of my migrating workers the use of a trailer to sleep in over night the few hours they are not at work. I have 20 employees and 4 trailers, nonetheless they insist on all cramming in to just the 2 trailers.
GI, Since you are posting here on an insurance related site I will assume that you are in the business and consequently somewhat educated. You are entitled to your opinion but you should learn to put your brain into gear before engaging your mouth.I shutter at the underlying bigotry and racism in your post. Where is your compassion man? These are human beings earning a living through blood,sweat,and tears….doing a job that most Americans feel beneath them to do. They form an intergral part of our economy affording the rest of us the priviledge of cheap produce as opposed to the exhuberant prices found around the world. There’s no doubt that migrants tend to be from impoverished regions and that the trailer probably provided much needed comfort but have you ever driven through the backwoods of West Virginia or maybe around the Louisiana bayou? Poor people are poor people!It is unfair to judge them on that basis……
Now, realize that the same resentment that underlies your feelings about these people is just a fraction of the hatred that usually course through the veins of the local yahoos where these farms are located. A migrants’ life is not easy…They often are abused, harassed, and robbed by the locals of these towns. Who can they call for help? Did you stop to think that they all piled up in the 1 trailer because there is safety in numbers. Look, was 6 million a fair judgement? Who’s to say? But as an adjuster for 15 years, I’ve never paid a claim that I believed to be bogus and have regularly denied meritless claims without losing any sleep. Obviously a settlement was reached in this matter. That would lead one to believe that there was some merit here….the value is another issue.
By the way, do you know the attorney? how do you know he is a sleazebag? Are we to also believe that all Insurance Companies are crooked because it has been alleged that some have altered adjuster and engineers reports on claims so as not to pay legitimate claims……..In the business that we are in, we often have a fiduciary responsibility to one party or another. If the system is going to work, it behooves us to approach these situations with an open mind……… and a little compassion
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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/sep/12/6m_settlement_reached_deadly_immokalee_trailer_par/
Right on, Lou,
I have relatives all over bayou country and am thankful for the Hispanics that rebuilding New Orleans.
That being said yeah attornies take too much in fees but no amount of money can bring lives back. Whether GI feels this is meritless or not, too much money or not, six people left this life and entered the afterlife.
LOU, I appreciate your compassion and your comments but I think that GI has a point. Had these individuals been here legally I have no problem with their receiveing remunertaion for their losses. However, I can only asume that were not here legally cause as soon as the event happended, them and their relatives all bolted for the border. I know that if one of my relatives died and I had a law suit pending I am not going anywhere. My butt is going to be parked out front of the court house or in front of my lawyers office waiting for the verdict.
FL Commercial Underwriter