[PRCo] Re: Baltimore LRV Accident

[John Swindler]

Several years ago Ed Tennyson posted a comment about Philly - probably 50s or early 60s..  The transit system, police and some local judges would 'stage an accident', walk away for awhile, then go after the plaintiffs and lawyers who filed claims.  He said something along lines that it had to be done every so often to keep things from getting out of hand.

 

World is a bit different today.

 

Cheers

John

 

 

 

 


 
> From: ktjosephson at embarqmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Baltimore LRV Accident
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:53:20 -0700
> 
> As you most likely know, Fred, people staging accidents with CTA buses and 
> then neighborhood people getting onboard, posing as passengers, then 
> claiming injuries finally prompted both the CTA and the Chicago police to 
> stage their own accidents with soon to be retired coaches as a "sting 
> operation" to catch the fakers. Cops and CTA people would be onboard, posing 
> as passengers. They would note who jumped onboard after the staged collision 
> and uniformed officers would descend upon the scene and arrest the fakers.
> 
> This started out with people getting onboard after real accidents occurred, 
> then claiming to be injured passengers. In Las Vegas, we have con men here 
> who target expensive vehicles and stage accidents, trying to make the victim 
> appear at fault, so they can get a large settlement from the victim's 
> insurance company. They sometimes have a helper in a third vehicle.
> 
> K.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:50 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Baltimore LRV Accident
> 
> 
> > For the two of you who responded, I said $3 million in property damage to 
> > cover the light rail car.
> >
> > I made no estimate of how many fake law suits there will be from people 
> > who really were not hurt but suddenly have horrendous backaches and will 
> > require lifetime disability payments. 
> 
> 
 		 	   		  
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