Self-Serving Insurance Claims

       Actual excerpts from auto insurance claim forms in California.

Claim 1:  A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.

Claim 2:  I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my
                 mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment.

Claim 3:  My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.

Claim 4:  An invisible car came out of nowhere and struck my
                  vehicle--and vanished.

Claim 5:  The telephone pole was approaching fast.  I was attempting to
                 swerve out of its path when it struck my front end.

Claim 6: Pedestrian had no idea what direction to go, so I ran over him.