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Certain of the inhabitants of a certain large city in the North West with two famous football teams!!! So not Manchester then? , as my team Man City do not classify as famous! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Hughes" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 8:43 AM Subject: Re: RTA Fraud? > In message <[log in to unmask]>, John R PASKINS > <[log in to unmask]> writes > >A recent TV programme suggested that 40% of post RTA claims for whiplash injury > >were fraudulent. > > > >All of these people moust have been seen by a doctor so does this mean that we > >as a group can be fooled by 40% of the people all of the time? > > > >I would be interested in what you think. My view is that most of the patients I > >see have genuine symptoms....... > > > >BUT I understand that some agencies suggest that people are coached about > >symptoms etc. Are we gullible? What signs do you think can be faked? What are > >the clues? > > > >What do you reckon? > > > >JP > The coaching comes from three sources: > The agents & solicitors > Friends who have had successful claims > The man in the pub. > > Under Woolf, it is the claims handling agents that are proliferating in > a manner that I cannot describe on this august list. > > The latter two sources are more traditional. > > Previous successful claims by the claimant or close family or friends > raise expectations, and so the temptation to defraud becomes > overwhelming. > > Good pointers are: > > Previous claim history, particularly if successful. > Pushy partners and relatives > Bits missing from the GP records (incomplete disclosure) > Middle aged middle class articulate females > Certain of the inhabitants of a certain large city in the North West > with two famous football teams!!! > > Unpalatable as the above pointers sound, they have not often failed me. > -- > Stephen Hughes >