Different Lottery Brought Down Maywood

A different type of lottery may have brought down the city of Maywood, California.  In 2006, Maywood boasted of being a sanctuary city for illegal aliens, turning a blind eye to illeagal immigration and encouraging illegals to make Maywood their destination.  Illegal aliens are law-breakers who come to America to break more laws to get free stuff.  It’s been referred to as ‘working the system’ to obtain free housing, food, healthcare, child care (through the 12^th grade), and an opportunity to play the lawsuit lottery.

The object of this lottery is to provoke a city official, or government agency, or school district employee in order to draw a foul.  The idea is to sustain a small injury that will be the substance of a lawsuit for millions of dollars in punitive and emotional damages.

This lawsuit baiting begins as early as elementary school and is also practiced with police officers in the street.  Citing liability claims that reached $12 million in 2006, Maywood’s insurance carrier California Joint Powers Insurance Authority decided to terminate the city’s insurance effective July 1, 2010.

They specifically mention officer involved incidents for the costs. Last year, an investigation by the attorney general’s office found that there was “widespread overuse of force,” but in a city that advertises to criminals to relocate there the escalation of force is inevitable.