Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
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Posted on April 4, 2022 by Barry Zalma
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If Louie has been born fifty years earlier, he would be called a gigolo. Louie was a classically handsome man. He stood 6’2” tall, combed his black hair straight back in a style that would do a Madison Avenue advertising executive proud. His eyes were an unblinking, watery blue that seemed to caress any woman at whom he looked. He ran three miles every morning and maintained a 180-pound, lithe physique.
Louie had a pleasant personality. Everyone he met liked him. He could drink beer with the boys and sip wine with distinguished and well-bred women. He wore a tuxedo as if Calvin Klein had his body in mind when it was designed.
Louie was not smart. Louie graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Jose with a solid D- average. After leaving high school Louie worked at various menial jobs from janitor to fry-cook. He seldom held a job for more than six months.
Louie loved to dance. On weekends he would drive up to San Francisco and spend every night dancing in the clubs. It was on one of these dancing adventures in San Francisco that changed Louie’s life. Louie met Toni Di Battaglia. They danced every dance until the club closed at 4:00 a.m. They danced disco, waltzes and even country and western line dances.
Toni told him she worked for the Teamsters Union out of New Jersey and visited San Francisco monthly.
When Toni learned that Louie lived in San Jose, she invited him to her hotel and their relationship blossomed. Toni was a wealthy and powerful woman in her own right. She had a husband twenty years her senior who did not understand her. Louie was her release. They were in love. Toni did not love Louie for his intelligence. She did not love Louie for his ability to communicate. Toni loved Louie because he was beautiful, a good dancer and made her look good whenever they were out together.
The lawyer was instructed to examine Louie under oath. The insurance company hoped the lawyer would gain more detailed descriptions of the items stolen. They expected, with professional questioning, Louie would establish the true amount of his loss. They could not pay because their appraiser told them the loss could be in a range from $40,000 to $1 million.
Louie testified for two days. He was frightened. The lawyer, although always friendly caused Louie to break out in cold sweats he hoped was not visible. He did not tell the truth about anything to the lawyer. Louie limited his descriptions of the property stolen to the list he had written before he called the insurance company. Despite how detailed the lawyer’s probing, Louie stuck to the description he had written.
When the lawyer questioned Louie’s ability to earn money to keep up the condo, he created a story to show that he had a source of income. Louie told the lawyer that Toni’s “family” sent him, after her death, an annuity of $10,000 cash every month. The money came each month in a plain brown baggage via UPS.
Carla took Toni’s place. Louie still lives in his condo surrounded by antiques. Whenever Carla visits, Louie receives a new bauble. Carla pays his expenses.
Louie will never again try insurance fraud. Honest people will pay more for insurance than they should.
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Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, now limits his practice to service as an insurance consultant specializing in insurance coverage, insurance claims handling, insurance bad faith and insurance fraud almost equally for insurers and policyholders. He practiced law in California for more than 44 years as an insurance coverage and claims handling lawyer and more than 54 years in the insurance business. He is available at http://www.zalma.com and [email protected].
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When Harm is Inherent in the Nature of the Act it is Intentional
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No Coverage for Intentional Acts
Hitting a Person in the Face is an Intentional Act
In Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Company v. Brian C. Sullivan, et al., George A. Ciminello, No. 2022-01607, Index No. 21632/14, Supreme Court of New York, Second Department (November 19, 2025) George A. Ciminello was injured when struck in the face by a cup filled with liquid, thrown from a moving vehicle operated by Brian C. Sullivan, with Robert Harford as the passenger who threw the cup. The vehicle approached Ciminello at about 30 mph, from 2 to 10 feet away, and Harford extended his arm to make contact. The cup splintered upon impact.
Sullivan and Harford later conceded liability on the intentional tort claim before a damages trial.
Insurance Policy:
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Obtaining Title to Church by Fraud Defeated
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It is Villainous to Steal Church Property from Sick and Elderly Bishop
In Testimonial Cathedral Local Church of God in Christ v. EquityKey Real Estate Option, LLC et al. (Cal. Ct. App., 2d Dist., Div. 8, No. B331522 (Nov. 18, 2025) EquityKey (through broker Steven Sharpe and Frank Wheaton, a trusted advisor/friend of elderly Bishop Jimmy Hackworth) presented a deal supposedly for a $4 million life-insurance policy on Hackworth’s life with EquityKey as beneficiary. In exchange, EquityKey paid Hackworth $400,000 upfront.
Factual Background
To qualify Hackworth for the large policy, church real property on South Western Ave., Los Angeles was temporarily ...
Guilty of Money Laundering Scheme
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Prison Sentence for Fraud Must be Limited to the Fraud in Which the Defendant Participated
In United States v. Stephen O. Anagor, No. 2:24-CR-00019-DCLC-CRW (E.D. Tenn., Nov. 26, 2025) by Judge Clifton L. Corker the government sought to increase the defendant’s sentence because his co-conspirators added a fraudulent FBI scam that resulted in the victim’s suicide. Anagor sought a lower sentence because he was only involved in part of the fraud.
Charges & Plea
Defendant, a U.S. Army soldier pled guilty on June 11, 2025 to Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud, Aiding and Abetting Aggravated Stalking Resulting in Death and Aiding and Abetting Aggravated Identity Theft that was part of a larger 38-count superseding indictment against Anagor and co-defendants Chinagorom Onwumere and Salma Abdalkareem for an international Nigerian-based ...
The Professional Claims Handler
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Posted on October 31, 2025 by Barry Zalma
An Insurance claims professionals should be a person who:
Can read and understand the insurance policies issued by the insurer.
Understands the promises made by the policy.
Understand their obligation, as an insurer’s claims staff, to fulfill the promises made.
Are competent investigators.
Have empathy and recognize the difference between empathy and sympathy.
Understand medicine relating to traumatic injuries and are sufficiently versed in tort law to deal with lawyers as equals.
Understand how to repair damage to real and personal property and the value of the repairs or the property.
Understand how to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement with the insured that is fair and reasonable to both the insured and the insurer.
How to Create Claims Professionals
To avoid fraudulent claims, claims of breach of contract, bad faith, punitive damages, unresolved losses, and to make a profit, insurers ...
The History Behind the Creation of a Claims Handling Expert
The Insurance Industry Needs to Implement Excellence in Claims Handling or Fail
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This is a change from my normal blog postings. It is my attempt. in more than one post, to explain the need for professional claims representatives who comply with the basic custom and practice of the insurance industry. This statement of my philosophy on claims handling starts with my history as a claims adjuster, insurance defense and coverage lawyer and insurance claims handling expert.
My Training to be an Insurance Claims Adjuster
When I was discharged from the US Army in 1967 I was hired as an insurance adjuster trainee by a professional and well respected insurance company. The insurer took a chance on me because I had been an Army Intelligence Investigator for my three years in the military and could use that training and experience to be a basis to become a professional insurance adjuster.
I was initially sat at a desk reading a text-book on insurance ...
The History Behind the Creation of a Claims Handling Expert
The Insurance Industry Needs to Implement Excellence in Claims Handling or Fail
Post 5210
This is a change from my normal blog postings. It is my attempt. in more than one post, to explain the need for professional claims representatives who comply with the basic custom and practice of the insurance industry. This statement of my philosophy on claims handling starts with my history as a claims adjuster, insurance defense and coverage lawyer and insurance claims handling expert.
My Training to be an Insurance Claims Adjuster
When I was discharged from the US Army in 1967 I was hired as an insurance adjuster trainee by a professional and well respected insurance company. The insurer took a chance on me because I had been an Army Intelligence Investigator for my three years in the military and could use that training and experience to be a basis to become a professional insurance adjuster.
I was initially sat at a desk reading a text-book on insurance ...
