Posted on 05/14/2006 1:04:18 PM PDT by sully777
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 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.
a few of these have been posted BTW
ROTFLMFAO!
Too bad there are millions doing the same thing to SSI.
I saw a study once (no, I can't back it up, pre-internet) that 80% of SSI recipients get lifetime aid for injuries and conditions that 96% of the people who stay in the workforce recover from and return to work. I wonder how much government assistance she had collected during her little faking episode.
Maybe if the total amount of SSI payments were reduced by 70% or so by eliminating fraud and "crazy" checks, we could save Social Security without taxing ourselves to death.
I also wonder why no picture of the perpetrator. She must be a member of an "oppressed minority".
Your story pisses me off. I broke my neck in 1986 and couldn't get SSI to save my life. It took a long time of recovery, off and on odd jobs, finally university, hard-knocks, and BS&T to get here. Better for it, I suppose, but still...
You worked and supported yourself, probably for a rather long time period before your injury. Strike One.
You are a man. Strike Two.
You might be white. Strike Three.
Your case was obviously (hopefully and statistically) one which would heal eventually. Several bureaucrats used you as a football to bounce around in their files and make their numbers look good.
It makes me mad every time I think of such things as this woman, your situation and the taxes we pay. I guarantee this chisler has a very limited employment history, three or more kids, divorced or never married, etc.
broke my right leg at the knee in 2001. there was no government support for me either (not 1 cent). i am better off for it.
Like I said, I'm better for it. If I went on the rolls early in life it would have ruined me. Knew a few people that didn't tackle the problems head on. They overemphasized their pains and disabilities, started feeling like everyone owed them, began taking pain pills, drank and sat around watching Oprah...next thing you know they're liberals.
Ouch! Hope things got better. Was it a bike wreck?
It reminds me of the guy who was suing for SSI payments because his disability (heroin addiction) kept him from pursuing his career in car theft.
True story I heard directly from a lawyer who had just refused to handle the guy's case.
took years to heal.it's amazing how your body deteriorates from immobility.much better now, went jogging this morning... it was an "injury by misadventure" :)
Love the last line. I an a GM at a dealership that does 45% buy here pay here. I can say that the vast majority of the "disabled" work under the table. The situation is not caused by lazy people, they are just the ones that use the system. It is caused by politicians. Unemployment #'s are made up of people seeking employment. Give 10,000 people disability payments and take 10,000 people off unemployment at the same time. Think about that.
Otherwise know as a "Potential Darwin Award moment?"
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