Italy never ceases to amaze me.....

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Posted by tatgirl on Mar-09-2005 09:42:

Italy never ceases to amaze me.....

Heaven can wait, Italian court tells dying man
With six months to live, man told to return to court in 14 months
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 Posted: 2142 GMT (0542 HKT)

ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- A man given six months to live by his doctors has been told by an Italian court to come back in 14 months to hear the outcome of his demand for insurance damages.

Carmelo Cisabella, 39, has an inoperable spine disease and is anxious to pick up some 450,000 euros ($596,300) in already-agreed damages from his insurers to help ease his final months of life, Il Messaggero newspaper reported on Tuesday.

In a bid to speed up the process, Cisabella turned to the Sicilian courts to put pressure on the slow-moving insurers, but was told to return next year to hear their decision.

In his frustration, he chained himself to the gates of the law courts to bring attention to his plight.

Il Messaggero said Cisabella's woes dated back more than a decade when he was left paralyzed by a motorcycle accident. Confined to a wheelchair, he subsequently developed a lethal infection of the spine.

The insurance claim dates back to the road crash.

Italian justice is notoriously slow and it takes on average 3,041 days to obtain a definitive sentence in a civil case.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/...reut/index.html
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Like I said before, PRAY you never need the so-called 'aid' of the Italian police or court system. What a JOKE!!!

Posted by b4k-oz on Mar-09-2005 09:49:

OK this is sad news for the poor guy

but like I said...you'd better have some bribe money nearby to get the verdict you want.

I suppose that's why mob rules in Southern Italy

Posted by Surreal JRS on Mar-09-2005 09:55:

Jesus that's a joke. Surly ones impending death would be the right extenuating circumstance to warrant expediting the court case!

My Uncle lives in Italy, I'll have to ask him what he thinks of this. Which reminds me, I'm due for another visit sometime soon...

Posted by starsearcher on Mar-09-2005 13:57:

lol i'm not sure whether to laugh or to cry for the poor guy...i mean it's really funny but also so sad at the same time Poor guy though

Posted by Crazy Serb on Mar-09-2005 17:05:

pffft.. like Toronto courts are any better.