This kind of stunt very often goes along with prosperity gospel theology, which is pretty destructive stuff. Maybe that’s not their theology but if it is we really don’t want to celebrate them.

I love that the gave a large tip, but this kind of stunt often goes along with what is called the prosperity gospel, which basically says if you are poor it’s because you didn’t believe hard enough. It has no real biblical basis. It’s pretty destructive crap.

I think I remember a room where Frank painted a whimsical pig on the wall. It was pretty hideous.

Yep. I looked it up and it was sued in 2013.

…in which case, I’d like to see the name of the insurance company splashed in headlines. “Acme Insurance forces woman to sue her 12-year-old-nephew”

Thank you for the explanation. I wrote in another comment that I reacted too quickly about this.

I loved Genevieve and Vern and hated everyone else. Especially Hildy.

Doug had a show for a while “Moving Up” which was pretty interesting. Former owners of homes go BACK and see what the new owners did to the place. Some real angry people on that one. A lot of people on it were working with shoe string budgets or spouses who demanded some real hideous shit

Anyone with sense knows this.

She can’t sue the homeowners insurance company for damages that go higher than probably $10,000 or so - to tap into personal liability on that policy, she HAS to sue the insured, i.e. the nephew, and he has to be found personally liable before their policy will pay out. That’s unfortunately how that system works. So…

I imagine 4 years probably factors in the time trying every other avenue to get this taken care of, only to finally be reduced to “suing my nephew.”

Thank you for this much-needed disclaimer and explanation. The law suit dosn’t seem so frivolous if you read it as “Affection Aunt forced to use beloved nephew as pawn in insurance claim”

Things like “I can’t do this minor thing that I used to be able to do” are totally typical for personal injury complaints because your claims are more likely to hold up against motion practice if you have specific instances of ways in which the injury has affected your quality of life. “I can’t hold plates well”…

Ok, so I work in insurance because I’m the devil, and I guarantee she’s suing so the kid’s family’s insurance will pay her medical bills. That is the only way she’ll get paid. Home or renters policies typically have low medical payment limits ($1,000 - $10,000) that will be paid regardless of liability, but to tap…

Pretty sure she’s after their homeowner’s insurance money, which she’d need to sue to get and should completely cover this scenario. I’m sure they’ve discussed it as a family and realize it’s the only way to get the insurance company to pay out.

Unless there is some major family turmoil going on here, I’m pretty sure this is about the fact that the kid’s father’s homeowners’ insurance policy won’t pay for her lost work time and pain and suffering unless she sues the kid even though it’s covered by the policy. I’m sure it’s been discussed with the father and…

Poor Bess Truman! They forgot to prepare her bottle for easy breakage.

Agreed. Sexy pizza rat would have been much better executed as a couple’s costume, with one member as a giant pizza slice (if the costume makes it difficult to fit through doorways, even better) and the other as a comparatively smaller rat, dragging their partner around with them.

Is it bothering anyone else that the proportions of this are totally off? The costume should totally be sexy pizza with a little rat on it, given that in the inspiration, the pizza slice was substantially bigger than the rat!

While I appreciate the pizza slices doing the extra job of pointing to the real main attraction...Isn’t part of the allure of Pizza Rat the size of the pizza vis a vis the rat? Like who wouldn’t dream of eating a slice of pizza that is big enough for them to sleep on?