3 years ago, a man robbed a convenience store at gunpoint and made his get away.
The whole thing was caught on security camera and the police were on the scene very quickly, managing to get the man 'trapped', and unable to continue to run.
He, unfortunately, still had his gun.
He kept the police at bay for sometime, casually tossing his gun from hand to hand, occasionally brandishing it, and generally taunting the officers.
Of course, it ended poorly.
The man was shot to death.
The whole incident was caught on video, and was the focus of news channels for several days after the event.
The police were cleared of any wrong doing in the shooting and things continued along.
Recently, the mans' widow (and mother of his three children), was turned down for her dead husbands $500, 000 life insurance pay out.
You'll never, ever guess why the insurance company has opted to not pay the widow out.
Shall I tell you?
The insurance company won't pay the widow out, because - in their infinite wisdom - they've determined that the man WANTED the police to kill him.
The AUDACITY!
I can't believe they feel qualified to decide what thoughts occurred in his head moments before his death! *
Unbelievable.
Now, if the company claimed no pay out due to the man engaging in risky/illegal behaviour perhaps I could see it.
But to suggest to his widow and children that their husband/father wanted to die is just beyond the pale.
She's taking the company to court, of course.
I expect the judge to agree with her, but you never can tell, can you.
*Now, it does seem obvious that the man did have an agenda of some kind.
It's entirely possible that he did want to die; after all, threatening serveral police men with a gun does seem to be a cry out for something.
However!
It's entirely possible, too, that all he wanted was psychiatric help and thought that was the best way of going about it.
We'll NEVER know.
And that insurance company does NOT have a right to determine that.
The gall.
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That poor woman. Not only was her husband crazy but now her kids have to suffer.
WOW!How awful!
Roger,really?
That scares me!
Crappy insurance policy! My life insurance covers my suicide (as long as its not within 3 years of starting it). He should have shopped around before comitting armed robbery and threatening police, eh? Since MY policy was started 6 years ago I guess I can go bezerk ANY TIME and my family is covered - woo-hoo!
thats insurance companies for you..the end.
Yeah, I've worked for insurance companies 5yrs. now and it's true that if there's the tinniest bit of reason to deny a claim, it's probably gonna get denied. However, the contestibility period is usually for only 2yrs., and after that point a suicide would normally be covered.
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