Killing race horses is a common insurance fraud. Now, insurers' lawyers fight back

Article Abstract:

Insurance fraud has become widespread in the racehorse industry. These crimes are difficult to prosecute since foul play is often not suspected until too late in the game to obtain usable evidence. Equine insurance fraud can take the form of killing a horse for the insurance money, hidden ownership, overvaluation, and insuring a racehorse the owner knows not to be in good health. When fraud is found, insurance companies sometimes abstain from criminal charges and merely make their findings known, thus dissuading the racehorse owner from pursuing a claim.

Economic aspects, Race horses, Racehorses, Insurance fraud

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To view the alleged bombers as mere bumblers is perhaps to miss the point

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The World Trade Center bombers should not be dismissed as bumblers due to their lack of care in covering their tracks. This may be a case of ideological violence where disguise was unimportant to the perpetrators. Both of the alleged bombers, Mohammed A. Salameh and Nidal A. Ayyad, were followers of Sheik Omar Abdul-Rahman, whose hatred of the West is well-known. Although the connection between the sheik's words and his followers' deeds is unclear, he should never have been allowed into this country and should have been under surveillance once here.

Political aspects, World Trade Center Bombing, 1993, Abdel Rahman, Omar

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A private system has emerged that will see cases drawn into an unseen world

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Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS) and Endispute are two for-profit dispute resolution businesses which now operate in New York and threaten not only the presumption of openness which people have come to associate with our judicial system but also a lessened chance for the common law to develop through precedent. Access to a private proceeding cannot be made mandatory. It is also feared that the for-profit system's recruiting will favor white males over minorities and women and that people of means will cease using the civil courts.

Innovations, Judges, New York, Dispute resolution (Law), Rent-a-judge

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