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"Paralyzed" woman gets up, runs from police
Reuters ^ | 5/11/06 | Reuters staff

Posted on 05/11/2006 4:43:29 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember

A wheelchair-bound Los Angeles woman, who has repeatedly filed lawsuits over access for the disabled, got up and ran after police arrested her for fraud, authorities said on Thursday.

Laura Lee Medley, 35, had sued in at least four California cities over injuries she claimed she sustained while trying to navigate her wheelchair before she was suspected of fraud.

Medley, who claimed to be paralyzed from a drunk driving accident, was tracked to Las Vegas where police there took her into custody and then, when she complained of medical issues, to a local hospital, Long Beach prosecutor Belinda Mayes said.

"She gets to the hospital and while she's waiting for an examination, she gets up from the chair and runs," Mayes said. "Somebody remarked, 'That's where the great miracle occurred."'

Medley sprinted through the hospital corridors but was quickly apprehended by police and booked pending extradition to San Bernardino, southern California, where she is facing charges of filing false documents, attempted grand theft and insurance fraud.

Medley has sued the cities of Long Beach and South Pasadena and counties of San Bernardino and Riverside over various injuries she claimed she sustained in her wheelchair. She was also being sought on arrest warrants by the states of Oregon and Washington, Mayes said.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: exitstageleft; fraud; hallelujah; lawsuits; lawyers; miraculous; paralysis; runlikehell
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To: andy58-in-nh

I once knew this skanky old broad who told me that one time. Thought I was gonna puke.


21 posted on 05/11/2006 7:28:32 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (My donation to the GOP went here instead: http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/index.php)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Dude, you only ask for pics on hottie threads.


22 posted on 05/11/2006 7:30:35 PM PDT by stands2reason ("Patriotism is the highest form of dissent." - Mark Steyn)
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To: stands2reason

yeah, no, I had a hunch, is all....


23 posted on 05/11/2006 7:33:47 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (It takes courage to live. Hence, the "culture of death...")
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To: edpc

Blech!! I will never forget Senator Edward's remarks there. The most disgusting, lowest political speech I may have ever heard.


24 posted on 05/11/2006 7:35:36 PM PDT by Zack Nguyen
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To: Alia

LOL!


25 posted on 05/11/2006 7:48:38 PM PDT by Carling (It's Danny, Sir)
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To: martin_fierro; FormerACLUmember; Charles Henrickson

I'd say the wheels fell off her whole case now...


26 posted on 05/12/2006 5:50:38 AM PDT by mikrofon (Medley of Fraudulent Claims)
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