Earnhardt's wife suing life insurance company

[Vlyrock]

Did anybody hear about this? Apparently, Dale Earnhardt Sr. got new life insurance prior to his death a few years ago. They started to get billed for it (actually making 2 payments), and then he was killed.

The insurance company responded that they would not be paying his life insurance because he failed to take a requested physical. In other words, this man (who has to take a physical for his job) can't be insured because we're not sure if he's in good shape or not. The argument is flimsy, but it's in court now.

The Earnhardt family and lawyers are accusing the insurance company of doing a poor investigation and unfairly and wrongly deciding to not pay so as to avoid the large payoff. Their intention isn't to follow "company policy" but instead to not lose money.

The company argues that it is policy that a contract/insurance agreement isn't valid until a physical is performed. Here's a link to some court article about public records.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3654556

[polish]

Actually i agree with insurance company. What if Mourning had learned of his kidney problem then took out a huge life insurance policy. Now obviously a physical would not have caught that but my point is just because they are athlete doesn't mean they are supermen.

Secondly you don't to be in great shape to race cars. An uncle and two cousins all raced cars aka went to the training school. It takes alot of ability mentally to stay focused for so long. But they said you get used to the G-force especially at the slower speeds that Nascar runs at compared to Indy car.

I'm just tired of people saying, even though i didn't do what you required i deserve this. I came here illegally i deserve this. I broke into someones house and they killed me the family sues for excessive force etc. If you follow the rules you don't get burned. Deal with it.