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    Dave Jay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:33pm

    Glad to see healthcare is fixed. Help us Bernie!

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      Lala11_7 (I'm in the grays, because this mouth DOES NOT PLAY!)Dave
      10/14/15 4:36pm

      No one, not even POTUS Obama, has ever insuinuated that healthcare is fixed...perhaps if folks had voted in the last two midterms...it would be more fixed than it is...

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      SweetChelseaDave
      10/14/15 4:36pm

      Another old white man can’t help you.

      Hillary can get single payer done. She’s not afraid to bash in a few skulls. Bernie is too timid, too weak, and too white.

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    BrianGriffinJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:41pm

    There are some bits here that are missing to the story, of course.

    Accident (or whatever you want to call it) happened on the premisis belonging to the boy’s parents, therefore their homeowners policy was liable for any injury. It’s likely that Connell either doesn’t have health insurance coverage or was suing for their homeowners to pick up the cost of her out-of-pocket expenses.

    If you go to a stranger’s house, and get hurt there because of something that was the other party’s fault (even innocuous), a reasonable person would expect that homeowner to cover the injury.

    This has less to do with healthcare and more with the way HO policies are written. It is likely that Connell’s homeowners will not pay for injury sustained off her premisis.

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      madameboBrianGriffin
      10/14/15 4:46pm

      Huh funny how the jury ended up with its verdict then if this poor woman had no recourse.

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      BrianGriffinmadamebo
      10/14/15 4:48pm

      I mean, I’m sure there’s a whole lot of info in the court document that I’m not going to waste my time reading. I’m just explaining why, most likely, a suit was initiated against the woman’s family.

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    cbabgeaeJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:36pm

    So, basically, it’s exactly what numerous people speculated was going on when this story first broke...again, brilliant business strategy-get the clicks from the outrage story, then get a second round with the “we fucked up and made you outraged over nothing” story.

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      KittyPancakes3.0cbabgeae
      10/14/15 4:38pm

      Or they didn’t know either? And no one can “make you” outraged, that’s your bad.

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      Jinxecbabgeae
      10/14/15 4:41pm

      And got yelled at and called names for pointing out the obvious. (Not saying it’s Gawker’s fault.)

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    Hip Brooklyn StereotypeJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:36pm

    Can we cut to the important questions here, please?

    How will her hors d’oeuvres situation be handled henceforth?
    Will they be fed to her?
    Will she consume them bobbing-for-apples-style?

    INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW, JAY.

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      stacyinbeanHip Brooklyn Stereotype
      10/14/15 4:40pm

      The nephew’s penance is walking around with a plate of hors d’oeuvres on his head serving her.

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      KittyPancakes3.0Hip Brooklyn Stereotype
      10/14/15 4:41pm
      GIF
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    Masshole JamesJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:41pm

    Oh please! Sue the insurance company then! The kid is your nephew, and the poor thing lost his mother last year and you still sued him. You are a terrible person, period.

    GIF
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      IStillCallitSheaMasshole James
      10/14/15 4:57pm

      The article said Connecticut state law required her to take the responsible party, the kid, to court to collect from the insurance company.

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      SteveTejaMasshole James
      10/14/15 5:03pm

      Good God — does anyone on Gawker actually try to read and understand the story before posting crap like this? She has no standing to sue the insurance company. This case began a long time ago before his mother died. And she has a perfectly fine relationship with the nephew.

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    HoneybunchesofgoatsJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:35pm

    Can someone explain how this works? The Post article doesn't give any context for the law (I know, surprising, right).

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      ThisismyBurnerHoneybunchesofgoats
      10/14/15 4:41pm

      Most likely in Connecticut homeowners insurance covers any incident within the house being covered and is mandated by law. Sort of how you have to have auto insurance in case shit happens. Here finally some shit happened in the house after years of most likely paying out the ass but the insurance does not want to cover the full cost.

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      Cherith CutestoryHoneybunchesofgoats
      10/14/15 4:54pm

      Jinxe gave me this article which explains it.

      http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2015/10/about-…

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    jeanneeeJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:36pm

    Oh shit, we have Travelers. Hope my kid doesn’t break my sister’s arm at our house.

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      ThatGuy73jeanneee
      10/14/15 4:41pm

      You gotta leave Travelers pronto!
      Coworker’s pipes froze and his house flooded and they have fought reimbursing him for repairs tooth and nail. This happened in February and they still have nothing but a bedroom and bathroom ready, maxed out credit cards and the insurance is still fighting not to pay them.

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      jeanneeeThatGuy73
      10/14/15 4:42pm

      Dang. Thanks for the tip. We actually just switched from State Farm after getting abysmal service from them. Is there any insurance company that isn’t a complete piece of shit?

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    UmmYeahOkJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 5:23pm

    We had our home insured with Travelers. In order to close on the house and get our mortgage, we went with them since they were cheaper. After about 2 years of living there, we attempted to refinance, and learned that all this time our home was NOT insured. Travelers had entered in our previous address (where we were living at the time) rather than the current (future) address! So instead of having a $350k house insured, we had a house that was insured for $160! And if our $350k house were to suddenly catch fire and burn to the ground, do you think we would see any of that $160? No! Because that’s not the address that burned down! We would literally have lost everything we owned. And know what? We’d’ve walked away from the property. Why should we owe the bank several hundred thousand dollars? We’d take that bankruptcy, and deal with not being able to get a loan or rent anywhere. Banks don’t like that, which is why insurance is a requirement. Meaning someone else in addition to Travelers goofed too.

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      DriveByCommentsUmmYeahOk
      10/14/15 10:57pm

      If they did error and not issue the coverage per your application you would most likely have an insurance company E&O suit against them - so they could deny coverage and then face a lawsuit that would open them up to a higher degree of damages.

      Did you not catch any of that on your policy contract though? Was your limit that you were paying for in line with a $350k property or a $150k property?

      I had a similar issue with my renters coverage when I moved places - they put in my former address, but fixed it pretty easy by endorsement - my rating basis/coverage didn’t need to be modified though.

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      UmmYeahOkDriveByComments
      10/15/15 10:14am

      My husband was the one who did the filing and the payments were done through escrow so I don’t think we ever actually saw statements minus what we got in the mail for our cars. He went with them because they were cheaper, but I’m wondering if it was cheaper because it was the wrong address. I don’t think he could make the same mistake though on both the estimate and paperwork, and then have the mortgage underwriters miss the error.

      Law suit would be a fun one. It took that lady 3 years just to go to court. The HOA would have a lean on the pile of rubble within months by then. I think insurance would pay for a hotel, but that’s if they covered one. We would hafta foot the bill, like that lady did with her surgeries.

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    LazarusMcpennysJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:34pm

    Hey you know who really made it sound “horrible on paper”, you guys did. Kinda sounds like you owe the lady an apology gawker media tabloids.

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      aka CSaughmyeyeLazarusMcpennys
      10/14/15 4:53pm

      yeah, pretty sure she was the one who said she was so injured she couldn’t hold an hors d’oeuvres tray. There should have been plenty of other things she could have cited, but if you want sympathy, might want to not sound like you’re on the tv show Real Housewives of Doucheburg.

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    DotanukiJay Hathaway
    10/14/15 4:35pm

    Dr. Brundle knows about “horrific” wrist injuries.

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      Turdington JonesDotanuki
      10/14/15 4:38pm

      Horrific wrist injuries, whores, and Snickers. He knows all about them things.

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      FauxhemianRhapshodyDotanuki
      10/14/15 4:41pm

      Yes, but how does Brundle-Fly "eat?"

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