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Instead of walking into a moving propellor. Idiot.

https://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46870427/ns/today-today_news/#.T3I7cfF5mSM



Lauren Scruggs, the model who lost a hand and an eye when she walked into a spinning plane propeller, has reportedly rejected a $200,000 settlement and is suing the plane’s insurance company for an unspecified amount.
The 23-year-old model and fashion blogger from Plano, Texas, has filed court documents in Dallas suing the company insuring the plane owned by defendants Shell Aviation and Michael Shell and piloted by Curt Richmond. On Dec. 3, 2011, Scruggs ended up losing her left eye and had her left hand severed by a spinning propeller when she walked into it after exiting the plane under darkness following a flight to view Christmas lights in the Dallas area.
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In her claim, which was first reported by TMZ.com, she states that the insurance company, Aggressive Insurance Services, “verbally offered’’ to pay her $200,000 for the accident. The company claims that it has a maximum limit of $1 million total coverage for each plane, including a $100,000 sublimit for each passenger. Since Richmond was covered by an extra policy extending to other planes he flies, the company offered a $200,000 payout from the combination of the two policies, saying it was the maximum.
However, in court documents, Scruggs disputes her status as a “passenger’’ in the eyes of the insurance company. The policies define a “passenger” as “any person, other than the pilot, who is in the aircraft or getting in or out of it," according to her complaint. Scruggs claims she was not a passenger because “she was not in the aircraft or getting in or out of it at the time of the incident.’’
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According to her complaint, Scruggs said “she had completed her exit from the aircraft prior to the time of the incident and was physically located on the tarmac when the incident happened. Until struck by the propeller, she was not in physical contact with the aircraft after her exit."
Scruggs is asking for the court to define whether she was a “passenger’’ or not under the insurance company guidelines. If she is not found to have been a passenger, she can presumably reap a higher payout for the accident.
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So the aircraft had insurance for accidents. She had an accident resulting in serious injuries. Why shouldn't she seek as much financial compensation as possible.

On the flip side the insurance company is going to try to give her as little compensation as possible.

Eventually they'll meet somewhere in the middle and the world will keep on spinning.
 
I agree but to sue them for something that's they we're not negligent for is annoying and I think wrong.
 
Maybe she was looking where she was going, but if you read the article, you may notice that it was at night and dark.
 
TroutBum said:
So is your face. Perhaps you should just give your self to God? Ready? Go!
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People who insult other people especially on appearances which you do multiple times to many people, not just me, usually have a low self esteem themselves and aren't secure on how they look or feel.

Also, if I give myself up to God, at least it will be to the real God, can't say the same about you.
 
The Black Swordsman said:
People who insult other people especially on appearances which you do multiple times to many people, not just me, usually have a low self esteem themselves and aren't secure on how they look or feel.

Also, if I give myself up to God, at least it will be to the real God, can't say the same about you.
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Prove it!
 
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