This lady is stealing YOUR money

 

NEW YORK (CBS) ―An interior designer is suing CNN anchor Anderson Cooper after she took an unusual fall at an old Manhattan firehouse that he is converting into a new home.

Killian O'Brien, of Brooklyn, said in her suit that she plunged 17 feet through the hole that once held the station's fire pole.

The pole had been removed, but the hole was uncovered.

The accident happened in September. Her lawyer says she is lucky to be alive. She is also suing the developer of the building.

Cooper's spokesman declined to comment.

The firehouse was built in 1906. It was the former home of a unit of the Fire Patrol, a private firefighting organization backed by the insurance industry. From wcbstv.com:

Just another in a LONG and ever-increasing series of lawsuits against YOU insurance companies. Notice how she's suing everyone in sight.  This is called "naming" someone in a lawsuit.  The more people/companies she "names," the more chance she has of getting PAID.

That's right ... getting PAID for being an idiot and falling through a perfectly visible hole in the floor.

And why don't the insurance companies fight these lawsuits?  Because it's cheaper to settle them and then raise your rates, that's why. That's why YOU PAY whenever one of these suits is filed. If the insurance companies could get repaid for their trouble and costs in defending lawsuits like this, they would defend themselves.  For this to happen, we need tort reform.

Note the lawyers getting rich on this kind of crap.  Tort reform would also work on medical malpractice suits.  Ask youself ... Who is making money off these suits?  Is it free?  If not, who is paying?