Here are two personal storeis involving less-than-ethical lawsuits. The first is not actually fraud, just very tasteless.

My assistant manager at work was involved in a bad car accident a few years ago. He nearly went through the windshield because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Had he been wearing it he probably would have walked away. He sued for $200K, but because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt he got only like $35K to pay for scar-correcting sugery. He just pocketed the money instead. He loves to brag about how not wearing his seat belt made him an @$$ load of money.

My aunt told me about this at thanksgiving. Many years ago my aunt had her leg severly injured in car accident. Like my assistant manager, had she been wearing her seat belt the injuries would have been much less severe. She was out of work for about 2 months and had to have a surgery. She tried suing for millions of dollars and openly told me how she wanted to reposses the other person's house
. Thankfully the settlement was within the insurance limit. My aunt claimed she had permanent mobility problems, which is total crap. In 1998 she went to CHINA to adopt a baby. I've known her my whole life and would never have guessed that she has trouble getting around. Mobility problems my @$$!!.

End of rant.