|
Post by ophion1031 on Aug 18, 2020 19:12:55 GMT -8
A new story on Thoresen/Percy would be great. The police need to take it more seriously, in my opinion. There is great evidence against Thoresen and they can probably solve the case if they do the work. I would like to see them work on the Judith Mae Andersen case as well. As far as your book goes, I will be ordering both of your books soon and can't wait to read them. With this whole covid shit it has been hard for me to find the time to read - I work graveyards and have my kids all day - but I will definitely make the time to give them both a read.
I have been wondering if it would be possible to get copies of police reports on Thoresen's death, as well as the raid on his San Fran mansion. A good friend of mine in the bay area said that she will make some calls and see if she can obtain copies. I don't think they will provide any answers as far as the Zodiac and/or Percy cases go, but it would still be cool to have those things. I have a pretty decent collection of Thoresen-related items.
One more thing... have you considered the possible Minutemen/Zodiac angle? We know that Thoresen was selling them weapons, so perhaps there is some connection to Zodiac there. The Minutemen, like zodiac, had a "little list" and also used a crosshair logo. It's something to ponder anyways.
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Aug 22, 2020 16:29:27 GMT -8
I think it's hard to argue that, above the local police level, they don't know Thoresen did it, and haven't known since 1970. The better he looks for any of these murders, the more reason they have to imply Zodiac continued to live beyond 6/70, and continually circulate info and suspects that/who go nowhere.
It would be nice to find out how much Chicago investigated him for Anderson, whether they knew that his father's business would incriminate him (William.) I did talk to a detective there who is familiar with the case. That was an interesting conversation. I was surprised he knew if straight away.
I doubt anyone will be able to get the original reports on his shooting. I bet the wife told them everything and he told her everything and it was nuclear. I thought Thoresen was buying from the Minutemen, or at least one of their suppliers. But it won't surprise me if he sold to them as well.
|
|
|
Post by ophion1031 on Aug 22, 2020 19:48:07 GMT -8
Thoresen was selling to the Minutemen for sure, as well as flying weapons to Central America. So his claim that he was "just a collector" was bullshit. He was probably selling to other groups similar to the Minutemen, but I'm not too sure. From what I have heard about the Andersen murder, Thoresen supposedly bragged to a friend that he was the killer and the friend went to the authorities. He was questioned and denied everything and the cops didn't have any evidence beyond Thoresen's friend. Someone on another website said that "Thoresen couldn't have been the murderer because he was a rich kid from Kenilworth and never would have been hanging out on the south side." If I'm not mistaken, I think Louise was a south sider. Plus, I have a newspaper article that actually places Thoresen pretty close to where Andersen's body was found. I'm pretty sure the newspaper incident was just a few months within the murder. That doesn't make him guilty, obviously, but it does prove that he wasn't 'too good' to be hanging out in poor neighborhoods.
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Aug 23, 2020 5:46:18 GMT -8
One thing's for sure, the gun aspect would be perhaps the most embarrassing thing if it was revealed he had not only been setting off bombs and assaulting people but killing dozens of them as well. He wasn't locked up for the guns, and it was so out in the open. I seem to recall he bought a lot of stuff that would have been legally obtained had he not been a felon, and did not transport it across state lines. The friend didn't go to the cops. They were hanging out with a couple of girls. One of them, or someone they knew called police. As far as evidence goes, there were substances in the barrels that would have implicated Thoresen based on his father's business, which he had worked for at one time or another. It is unknown whether the cops knew about the family business or that evidence at the time he was questioned. I'd love to see the reports on him. I just have the local one. I'm pretty sure I passed my info along on him to Chicago when I talked to them, for what it's worth. Whether or not Louise was a South Sider (sounds like you're correct on that) I recall Anderson was from the north side, and was abducted from there. I put a fair amount in the first book about his teenage trouble making, perhaps including when he took one of his parent's cars to the city, while armed. He was familiar with the city as his father's business was there. His family's wealth and where they were from means nothing. Around 1990, a kid broke into a condo about a mile north of Kenilworth and shot a pregnant woman and her husband dead. He cut screen, and glass not unlike (though somewhat differently as) at Percy's and dropped a glove like the OJ case. His family was very well to do. Their house was only a few blocks away. One of my friend's worked with his mother. He had tried to poison his family earlier. That case went unsolved for a number of months and the cops were looking at some really crazy theories but it was just a local psycho from a well to do clan: www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-life-sentence-will-stand-for-convict-who-killed-as-a-juvenile/If anything, Thoresen's wealth was more of a reason to suspect him. There's no dysfunction like rich dysfunction. He had the money, and time to do all of this stuff.
|
|
|
Post by ophion1031 on Aug 24, 2020 19:22:33 GMT -8
I'm gonna have to read up on the Andersen murder again. I have forgotten a good amount of the details. I do remember reading that her father claimed to know who the killer was but could never prove it. I can't remember what else was said about that or if he named anyone publicly.
I just ordered both of your books and should have them next week sometime. Since this Covid shit started my schedule has been pretty hectic so it might take me a while to read them both.
|
|
|
Post by ophion1031 on Aug 24, 2020 22:04:38 GMT -8
Something worth noting... Richard Thoresen was murdered on Sept. 21, 1965. Valerie Percy was murdered almost exactly one year later, Sept. 18, 1966. Perhaps Bill and Louise were in Chicago for the one year anniversary of Richard's death. The FBI were tracking his movements through airline tickets and car rental receipts, but I cannot find a list of his whereabouts during Valerie's murder. An FOIA request did not provide that information, unfortunately. Here is some information on Richard's death..... Richard Thoresen was shot behind the right ear with a .357 magnum pistol on Sept. 21, 1965. The gun was purchased for Richard by Louise Thoresen just a couple days prior to Richard's death. Louise and Richard had visited Smoke and Gun shop in Waukegan, WI. and Richard asked Louise to buy the gun for him, so she did. I believe they bought a few other guns on this visit to the shop as well, but I will have to double check. Richard was found dead in a rental car in Lake Forest, IL. the day before his trial on a burglary complaint signed by his father. Richard was shot once behind the right ear, but he was left handed so that should rule out suicide. But the Lake County Coroner's could never determine if it was homicide or suicide. Louise Thoresen (the rental car was in her name, by the way) had told investigators that Richard had taught himself to shoot with both hands. Highly unlikely. IMO, William's lying had rubbed off on Louise by this point. I will have to find my notes for the details on the burglary case as well. From what I remember, the Thoresen brothers had stolen some of their father's files and were trying to get money out of their him. No doubt this plan was thought up by Bill and he someone talked Richard into going along with it. Richard's will was drawn up by San Francisco attorney Jake Ehrlich. The will left Louise $100,000, Michael (William and Louise's son) $20,000 to be administered in trust by William, and William was left the rest of Richard's money, his property and a large amount of stocks that were reported to be worth more than half a million dollars. William paid a hitman, Dale Stoddard, to kill Richard so that William could get all of Richard's money. William later killed Stoddard when Stoddard showed up at William's mansion in San Francisco asking for more money. According to Louise, William hit Stoddard in the head with a hammer several times and then shot him a couple times to make sure he was dead. Thoresen placed Stoddard's body in a sleeping bag and filled it with heavy rocks and then threw it into the ocean.
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Aug 25, 2020 5:01:32 GMT -8
Thanks for the orders. There are a few early versions of the second floating around. It grew by about 8,000 words since those few were available. If you got one they're a rarity. If not, there's a lot more info in the current version that is in no previous Zodiac case book. There's a lot in both books about him as Percy's killer. The second probably gets more into the timing of both deaths, and things the wife wrote about things he said. If I recall correctly, I wrote she said during his confession to her that he admitted killing Richard, and going to his grave to ask forgiveness. She does not say when this occurred, but with the first anniversary of Richard's death looming, and Percy killed on the weekend just a few days before it, and all the other things regarding William it seems not a coincidence the wife says nothing about when the graveyard visit took place. By the way, I've been to his childhood home, the graveyard, and have a source who recalls seeing William. He went to school with Richard and recalls him as well. I have some writings of memories he has of him. Here's a video that shows you the distance between where Percy's old house was and Thoresen's old house still is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJEwwkrLPmI
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Aug 25, 2020 6:50:10 GMT -8
Also, if he was in Kenilworth around the time of the anniversary and Percy murder, which I'm sure there's no doubt he was given the evidence at two crime scenes, it doesn't mean his wife was there at the time. They were supposed to be estranged from his parents at that time but given all of the holes in her book there's reason to take much of what she wrote with a grain of salt. Her story does not make sense and it's pretty clear why. She was sitting on a huge secret. It may be the ultimate example of the truth is stranger than fiction.
|
|
|
Post by ophion1031 on Aug 29, 2020 20:50:58 GMT -8
Thanks for the orders. There are a few early versions of the second floating around. It grew by about 8,000 words since those few were available. If you got one they're a rarity. If not, there's a lot more info in the current version that is in no previous Zodiac case book. There's a lot in both books about him as Percy's killer. The second probably gets more into the timing of both deaths, and things the wife wrote about things he said. If I recall correctly, I wrote she said during his confession to her that he admitted killing Richard, and going to his grave to ask forgiveness. She does not say when this occurred, but with the first anniversary of Richard's death looming, and Percy killed on the weekend just a few days before it, and all the other things regarding William it seems not a coincidence the wife says nothing about when the graveyard visit took place. By the way, I've been to his childhood home, the graveyard, and have a source who recalls seeing William. He went to school with Richard and recalls him as well. I have some writings of memories he has of him. Here's a video that shows you the distance between where Percy's old house was and Thoresen's old house still is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJEwwkrLPmIThanks, I have actually seen that video. It was cool seeing you show the distance between the two houses. I think we both agree that he did kill Valerie, but the "why" is probably debatable. I doubt that it was a robbery attempt. Maybe he was paid to do it? Or maybe he had something personal against Valerie or her father.
|
|
|
Post by ophion1031 on Aug 29, 2020 20:53:00 GMT -8
Also, if he was in Kenilworth around the time of the anniversary and Percy murder, which I'm sure there's no doubt he was given the evidence at two crime scenes, it doesn't mean his wife was there at the time. They were supposed to be estranged from his parents at that time but given all of the holes in her book there's reason to take much of what she wrote with a grain of salt. Her story does not make sense and it's pretty clear why. She was sitting on a huge secret. It may be the ultimate example of the truth is stranger than fiction. Very true. And we have to remember that William wasn't staying in one place for very long. He was all over the country buying weapons. He was in Europe selling drugs, and central America selling weapons. Plus, didn't he go to Hawaii for a week or so when Richard was murdered, so that he had an alibi? I'm pretty sure that was in Louise's book. Or I may have read that somewhere else, perhaps FBI documents.
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Aug 30, 2020 6:59:54 GMT -8
Yes, he was in HI as an alibi in Sept., '65. That has led me to an interesting theory I'm working on now.
You can take my word for it or check her book. But in it you can see, as she tells their story from roughly '59 to mid '70, as she gets to '67 or '68 all of a sudden she starts to become a lot more vague as to just when things happened. I am going to reveal more regarding the significance of this soon, but already have in the context of Zodiac, which of course officially started in Dec. '68.
Otherwise, look at stuff like the timeline, which I've already pointed out in the last book. At Christmas, 1969, her efforts to separate from him have proceeded to the point where they will be spending the holidays apart for the first time. And it just so happens at that time, five days before Christmas, Zodiac mails a letter to Thoresen's former lawyer crying about how he needs help.
I don't think that's a coincidence. Also, look at how Zodiac emerges in the Bay Area during two events in Thoresen's life. 1. He's gone broke (that's saying something considering how much money he's blown in the preceding 3-4 years on arms that were confiscated, lawyers, houses/housing, and travel.) 2. His wife is leaving him more often, and for longer durations (much or all of the time with him having to watch their kid.)
So, other than when he flew off of the handle and killed his friend, Stoddard, in '66, it appears he avoided killing in and around the area he lived (the Bay Area.) But Zodiac emerges just when Thoresen has neither the time nor money to travel and kill in So. Cal., and the Midwest.
Zodiac's crimes aren't the craziest nor highest in human carnage he is responsible for, but they are the most notorious. It's when both of these things (the worst, and then Zodiac) emerged that her writing regarding when things happened becomes more obtuse.
Then you have her at her trial, where her lawyers inform her that he was trying to hire people to kill her. She writes about how repulsed she is upon learning this, along with knowing he killed numerous people including his brother, whom she liked. But she keeps claiming she loved him, keeps his name for the remainder of her life and it's on her headstone. None of this makes sense unless she indeed make a grand bargain with the feds for her freedom. Her trial was a sham. It also, as I have documented, makes no sense. She knew he was Zodiac and a whole lot more but she was one of the ones tasked with keeping it secret.
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Aug 30, 2020 15:59:44 GMT -8
It’s long been suspected Zodiac had some sort of military connection. You may remember officer Fouke described the suspect he saw minutes after Stein was killed as being approximately 5 foot 11, and walking with his head down, slightly bent forward. William Thoresen was six foot one. If viewed from the street, walking with his head down, and slightly bent forward, one would expect him appear to be a few inches shorter than he actually was. In other words, about five foot eleven. That said… a military connection…walking with his head down. What do we have here? A photo of William Thoresen, who just so happens to be walking with his head down while at a military base (Fort Bragg, 1966). The same Thoresen who: hired Melvin Belli in 1964 lived in San Francisco during the Zodiac attacks was a suspect in numerous brutal murders by 1966 started traveling to Southern California in 1962 had received speech therapy to overcome stuttering had red in his hair like the Stein witnesses saw walked with his head down like the suspect described by Fouke looked like the Zodiac sketch lived northeast of the Stein crime scene (the directions witnesses saw the suspect walking in) drove a rare sports car that would have been harder to I.D. at Blue Rock Springs Park died exactly when the word editor and the second stamp vanished from the envelopes bought tons of military weapons from a dealer who supplied militia groups was a VIP at Fort Bragg before the Zodiac crimes occurred hailed from the midwest And whose: wife had left him when Zodiac wrote to Belli pleading for help wife tried to ship him bayonets after the Percy murder house was both in distance and direction from the park where Zodiac said he was when the cops were searching for him after the Stein murder wife said he didn’t stutter when he “played a role” height matches that of Fouke’s suspect description signature looks like the handwriting on the Hautz letter’s envelope, and documents linked to the murderers of no less than eight people in the midwest Attachments:
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Sept 1, 2020 16:08:11 GMT -8
It appears the footprint at Lake Berryessa was about 12 inches long (which puts the Zodiac’s shoe size in the neighborhood of what? A US men’s 11, maybe 11 and a half?)
The photo of Thoresen at Fort Bragg was published eight years after it was taken. I did not find it while looking for further evidence of him having connections to things military (there are so many of them as it is) or Fouke’s description of a Stein suspect, though more evidence that Thoresen was Zodiac is always welcome.
That said, did you look at Thoresen’s left shoe in the picture? You might want to zoom in a bit on it. I don’t know about you, but to me it looks bigger than his right shoe, a lot bigger, almost comically so.
That means, if the shoe size reckoning above is correct, and if Thoresen was Zodiac, from the photo above (if not altered) it might be determined that his shoe size was in neighborhood of 11. From the picture, you can see he was a big guy (the phrase barrel chested might even come to mind.)
Now, examine his left pant leg at the knee. (You might have to zoom in a bit and turn up the brightness on your screen.) To me this area looks to have been retouched. The same is true of the layers of the bottom of the jacket he’s carrying. The shading, or shadow doesn’t quite look kosher.
Also, why is he carrying a jacket when the picture was taken in August in North Carolina? His wife and the military official are clearly dressed for summer. No one else is wearing a jacket, carrying one, or an umbrella. So why would he? (The jacket looks too big to have been his wife’s.)
The answer is, he wasn’t carrying that jacket. The shoe was retouched so that anyone who might suspect he was Zodiac would see a shoe that’s clearly larger than an 11. The jacket was added because the out sizing of the shoe would make the shoe stand out, and not in a good way, without it. The jacket used is a light color in order to draw one’s eye from the oversized looking shoe, and make what otherwise wouldn’t look balanced, balanced.
If you think this sounds crazy, ask yourself why would anyone do this to a picture of a guy who had been dead for four years when the book containing that picture was published. Then ask why the FBI planted a story implying Thoresen’s former neighbor was killed by home invading jewel thieves who smashed their way into her father’s home when they were known to make entry quietly and attacking no one, and the FBI’s files prove they suspected Thoresen. Then ask yourself why the SFPD declared Zodiac mailings that arrived in envelopes that lack Zodiac’s MO in two significant ways legit. And why there is endless churn today about suspects and leads that go nowhere.
There’s only one answer. Thoresen was Zodiac.
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Sept 2, 2020 12:07:27 GMT -8
I'm sure you have seen at other sites that people have given me crap for even suggesting that Thoresen had anything to do with the Zodiac murders. The prejudice against him as a suspect, especially given all of the things that point directly at him for the crimes, suggests to me people are being paid to discount him. In fact, one responded to one of my posts with a two word reply "crap suspect." The guy had "DOJ" listed next to his name. What's that tell you? And now that I've been putting it all out there, all they can do is ignore him, which in itself speaks volumes as they pile on everyone who has a new theory, eh?
|
|
|
Post by zodius on Mar 10, 2021 20:11:34 GMT -8
Thoresen being of Norwegian decent has always intrigued me as far as a possibly connection with him in the Zodiac case. Same with Qvale. I believe that the killer may have been Norse or at least was interested in their history. I also believe that the 'SLA' letter was a legitimate Z letter.
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Mar 6, 2023 16:48:31 GMT -8
|
|
|
Post by zodiacmaniac on Mar 6, 2023 16:51:12 GMT -8
A quick reference for Thoresen RE: Zodiac:
He was wanted for multiple bombings in Arizona in the mid-sixties.
Seventy tons of weapons, mostly military, were taken from his SF home and storage in 1967.
When he died three (June, 1970), his home was filled with military weapons.
He employed Melvin Belli during the mid-sixties.
He was unemployed from the early sixties on, but was from a rich family.
He began traveling to Southern California in 1962.
His home was in SF, a dozen blocks northeast of Washington and Cherry Streets.
From 1966 on, he spent time with arms dealers who sold guns to militia groups.
His wife was acquitted of killing him after testifying that he confessed to murdering three persons.
He was a suspect in a 1957 Chicago dismemberment murder.
The FBI suspected him of murdering Valerie Percy based on his connection to bayonets.
He stood six one, had brown hair with flecks of red in it, and had a medium build and muscular arms.
He owned a pair of glasses that had a wide, dark frame.
He owned a red Ferrari and a white Corvair.
He turned 31 in November, 1968.
All Z envelopes mailed when he was alive contained two stamps and the word “editor” on them.
The first two mailings that arrived after he died were in envelopes that contained one stamp and without the word “editor.”
|
|
|
Post by ophion1031 on May 11, 2023 2:22:18 GMT -8
law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/351/573/278711/Erwin C. Heininger, Chicago, Ill., H. Templeton Brown, George V. Bobrinskoy, Chicago, Ill., Mayer, Friedlich, Spiess, Tierney, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for Passavant Memorial Hospital. Harold W. Huff, Herbert C. Loth, Jr., Robert J. Wysong, Chicago, Ill., for Lumbermens Mut. Casualty Co. Before DUFFY, KILEY, and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges. SWYGERT, Circuit Judge. This appeal in a diversity case presents a question of coverage of a liability insurance policy issued by third-party defendant Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company to Passavant Memorial Hospital, located in Chicago, the third-party plaintiff. The main action was one for damages brought by William E. Thoresen against the hospital and two physicians. The district court granted partial summary judgment in favor of the hospital in the third-party action, resolving all issues of liability except the amount of attorney's fees and costs expended by Passavant in defense of the Thoresen lawsuit. At a subsequent hearing, the court entered judgment for Passavant in the amount of $10,350, which represented $8,864.74 in attorney's fees and $1,485.26 in disbursements. From this judgment the insurance company appeals. Thoresen alleged in his complaint that after being admitted to Passavant for treatment of a lacerated foot, he received an unauthorized visit from a psychiatrist, Dr. Dover Roth; that thereafter he was injected with "powerful" sedatives by hospital nurses who represented that the injections were in fact "anti-tetanus shots"; and that he was thereby rendered unconscious and then taken in such condition to the Cook County Psychopathic Hospital, where he was held against his will for several days. The complaint named Passavant as a defendant in five separate counts. These counts charged the hospital, through the conduct of its agents, with false imprisonment, assault, conspiracy to violate the Illinois Mental Health Code, deprivation of constitutional rights under the Federal Civil Rights Act, and with conspiracy to effect such deprivation. Within two days after the service of summons, Passavant tendered the defense of the action to its liability and malpractice insurer, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company.1 Lumbermens agreed to conduct the defense of the assault charge, but denied coverage with respect to the remaining four counts of the complaint. Shortly thereafter, Lumbermens informed Passavant that the matter had been turned over to an attorney, James M. Jones. In the following two years during the pendency of the Thoresen action Jones did not participate in its defense although counsel retained by Passavant requested him to do so. The latter attorneys conducted the defense and eventually negotiated a settlement with Thoresen for $3,000. Passavant's share of the settlement figure, $1,000, was paid by Lumbermens. In the meantime Passavant had filed the instant third-party action. The complaint alleged that Lumbermens was obligated to indemnify Passavant for any judgment resulting from the Thoresen claim. Passavant also demanded reimbursement of attorney's fees incurred in defending the claim. Lumbermens denied liability. Thereafter Passavant filed its motion for partial summary judgment in the third-party action on the issues of policy coverage and liability for attorney's fees. The motion was supported by an affidavit of an attorney for Passavant which set out the facts with respect to the tender of the defense to Lumbermens and which stated that despite Lumbermens' claimed retention of attorney Jones to defend the assault charge, and despite repeated attempts to secure his cooperation, Jones had not participated in the defense in any manner whatsoever. Lumbermens offered no counter-affidavits. The district court held that all counts of the Thoresen complaint directed against Passavant were within the coverage of the policy and that Lumbermens had wrongfully refused to defend Passavant. The amount of attorney's fees Passavant was entitled to recover was reserved for further hearing, which hearing resulted in the judgment from which this appeal was taken. Lumbermens contends that summary judgment on the question of coverage and liability for legal expenses was inappropriate because of the existence of a genuine issue of material fact. This contention is without merit. The affidavit filed by Passavant in support of its motion for summary judgment established that the hospital made a tender of the defense to its insured, that Lumbermens refused to defend all but one count of the complaint, and that the attorney designated by Lumbermens to defend the Thoresen claim never participated in the defense despite repeated requests to do so. No counter-affidavits were filed. In the absence of counter-affidavits, the hospital's sworn evidentiary materials rendered the motion for partial summary judgment appropriate. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 (e). We think the district court correctly held that Lumbermens wrongfully refused to defend the claim against its insured. The argument that the insurer provided a defense by paying the hospital's share of the settlement (negotiated by Passavant's attorneys) is difficult to comprehend. Likewise incomprehensible is Lumbermens' argument that the mere retention of attorney Jones was a compliance with its obligation to defend the insured.2 Regardless of the different and varied legal theories upon which Thoresen predicated recovery of damages, his claim was based upon factual allegations that clearly came within the coverage provisions of the malpractice endorsement attached to the policy of insurance issued by Lumbermens. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Travelers Ins. Co., 261 F.2d 774 (7th Cir. 1958). The endorsement insured against claims for "malpractice," and that term was defined to mean "malpractice, error or mistake * * * in rendering or failing to render * * * medical * * * or nursing treatment. * * *" In his claim against Passavant, Thoresen alleged that while in the hospital, following the visit by Dr. Roth, two hospital nurses administered sedatives which rendered him unconscious and facilitated his removal to the county psychopathic hospital. Thus the operative facts of the claim, as distinguished from the legal theories of recovery, related to the rendition of medical and nursing treatment by the hospital. Moreover, Lumbermens conceded from the start that the policy covered Thoresen's claim based upon an "illegal assault." Because of the views we have just expressed, and in light of Lumbermens' failure to participate in the defense in any manner whatsoever, this concession becomes significant.3 Finally, Lumbermens' contention that the amount of attorney's fees determined by the district court is excessive must be rejected. This was a question of fact. The district judge, after hearing evidence, found that a reasonable attorney's fee for the defense of Passavant was $8,864.74. The finding was not erroneous. The judgment is affirmed. 1 The insurance policy issued by Lumbermens to Passavant was designated as a "Comprehensive General Liability Policy." The policy obliged Lumbermens to pay damages occasioned by bodily injury "sustained by any person and caused by accident." The policy provided that "assault and battery shall be deemed an accident unless committed by or at the direction of the insured." Attached to the general liability policy was a "Hospital Professional Liability" endorsement, which added to the basic policy coverage Lumbermens' agreement to pay damages arising out of "malpractice." As defined in the endorsement, "malpractice" included: * * * malpractice, error or mistake (a) in rendering or failing to render to such person, * * * medical, surgical, dental or nursing treatment * * *, or (b) in furnishing or dispensing drugs or medical, dental or surgical supplies or appliances if the injury occurs after the named insured has relinquished possession thereof to others. * * * 2 Passavant's supporting affidavit established that attorney Jones never filed an appearance on behalf of Passavant 3 The policy of insurance provided in part: With respect to such insurance as is afforded by this policy, the company shall: (a) defend any suit against the insured alleging such injury, sickness, disease or destruction and seeking damages on account thereof, even if such suit is groundless, false or fraudulent.
|
|
|
Post by ragnarok on Jun 14, 2023 1:09:10 GMT -8
Thoresen is not a good Z suspect. He probably killed Valerie Percy but no chance he was Z.
Does not fit the composite He would have got caught because he not only had a big mouth but he was also a cop magnet
|
|