P. v. Davis CA2/8
In this insurance fraud case, Sharon Davis was injured by a door at her place of employment, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center in Long Beach. She submitted three claim forms under a private accident insurance policy she had obtained from Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Company and was paid about $2,700. She was eventually charged with four counts of insurance fraud, one count of forgery, and one count of grand theft for: (1) falsely claiming that she sustained the injury while “off-job” as defined in the insurance policy; (2) falsely claiming she had not applied for workers’ compensation benefits; and (3) forging a signature in the employer verification portion of two claim forms. Following trial, a jury convicted her on all but the forgery count, on which it deadlocked and the court declared a mistrial.
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