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   XPost: alt.true-crime   
   From: ultra@man.jp   
      
   comadrejo wrote:   
   > In article <1186191445.929295.111130@x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,   
   > Bo Raxo  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Aug 3, 6:31 pm, Red  wrote:   
   >>> On Aug 3, 7:28?pm, "_ Prof. Jonez _"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> Man mauled to death at Ving Rhames' home   
   >>>   
   >>>>   a.. Dogs kill man at Ving Rhames' L.A. house   
   >>>   
   >>>>   b.. Man was caretaker at house   
   >>>   
   >>>>   c.. Rhames, known for "Mission: Impossible," not at home when   
   >>>>   attack occurred   
   >>>> LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Dogs apparently belonging to   
   >>>> "Mission:   
   >>>> Impossible" star Ving Rhames attacked and killed a caretaker at the   
   >>>> actor's Los   
   >>>> Angeles home Friday, police said.   
   >>>   
   >>>> The caretaker, who was not immediately identified by name, was   
   >>>> found dead in   
   >>>> front of Rhames' gated home in an expensive Brentwood   
   >>>> neighborhood, Los Angeles   
   >>>> police spokeswoman Sandra Gonzalez said.   
   >>>   
   >>>> "This morning at 7:15 a.m. we got a call of a dead body" at   
   >>>> Rhames' home, Gonzalez said. "We found the body of a male,   
   >>>> approximately 40 years old, on the   
   >>>> front lawn, who had been mauled by dogs."   
   >>>   
   >>>> She said the caretaker was pronounced dead at the scene and there   
   >>>> was no one   
   >>>> else around when officers arrived.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Four dogs, at least two of them mastiffs, were taken away by animal   
   >>>> control   
   >>>> officers. It was not immediately clear who had called police, or   
   >>>> how many dogs   
   >>>> had mauled the caretaker, who had worked for Rhames for two years.   
   >>>   
   >>>> She said Rhames, known for starring in "Pulp Fiction" and   
   >>>> alongside Tom Cruise   
   >>>> in all three "Mission: Impossible" movies, was not home when   
   >>>> officers arrived.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Representatives for the 46-year-old actor, who according to news   
   >>>> reports was out   
   >>>> of the country shooting a movie, had no immediate comment.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Rhames has a long list of film and television credits and won a   
   >>>> Golden Globe for   
   >>>> starring as Don King in a 1997 TV movie about the flamboyant boxing   
   >>>> promoter. He   
   >>>> was nominated for an Emmy for the same role.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Gonzalez said an investigation by Los Angeles police detectives   
   >>>> was under way   
   >>>> and that no further details were immediately available.   
   >>>   
   >>> Hopefully the man's family will sue Rhames and take all his money.   
   >>   
   >> Most homeowners policies will cover that kind of loss.  I have no   
   >> idea what his house looks like, but I'll guess it's worth several   
   >> million dollars and thus his policy limits will be adequate to cover   
   >> whatever amount is negotiated.  Typically these are based on future   
   >> earnings (with an extra percentage tacked on for pain/suffering/loss   
   >> of consortium.etc.) and you're looking at a victim who is already   
   >> halfway through his working life and probably didn't earn that much   
   >> per   
   >> year.   
   >>   
   >> Bottom line;  about the only cost to Rhames will be flowers and a   
   >> card.   
   >   
   >   
   >  My guess also, from the Insurance Company's standpoint, how he died   
   > could limit the liability payout.   
      
   Do tell ?   
      
   > If the caretaker died from a heart attack,   
      
   No, he died from a dog attack.   
      
   > the Insurance company may limit the payment to the caretaker   
   > benefactors, or if it went to trial, homeowner's insurance liability   
   > could be limited...   
      
   Why ?   
      
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