Patra Caesar
09-03-2005, 04:53
The winner of today's stupid thread is the Itallian civil court. With an avarage court case lasting over eight years it seems that people must play by their timetable. :rolleyes:
Court tells dying man to postpone death
From correspondents in Rome
March 09, 2005
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 ($752,523) in already-agreed damages from his insurers to help ease his final months of life, Il Messaggero newspaper reported overnight.
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 paralysed 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 3041 days (8.33 years) to obtain a definitive sentence in a civil case.
Court tells dying man to postpone death
From correspondents in Rome
March 09, 2005
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 ($752,523) in already-agreed damages from his insurers to help ease his final months of life, Il Messaggero newspaper reported overnight.
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 paralysed 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 3041 days (8.33 years) to obtain a definitive sentence in a civil case.