UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Suit: Man wrecked $1M car on purpose

|
 
A Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles on November 30, 2006. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
A Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles on November 30, 2006. (UPI Photo/David Silpa) 
License photo
Published: Oct. 2, 2012 at 2:52 PM

GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Texas man is being sued by his insurance company, which alleges he intentionally drove his $1 million Bugatti car into a lagoon.

The lawsuit, filed by the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. against Andy House, alleges he intentionally sent the luxury vehicle into a Galveston pond in 2009 to collect on a $2.2 million insurance policy he had taken out just three weeks beforehand, ABC News reported Tuesday.

The company's lawsuit said the incident was filmed by witnesses and contradicts House's argument that he swerved to avoid hitting a pelican.

House filed a counter suit against the company, seeking the $2.2 million policy payout.

"We will not try our case in the media, but will rely on the facts and evidence admitted during the trial of the matter," a lawyer for House said.

The case is scheduled to go to trial this month.

© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 15
Iranians celebrate the qualification of  their soccer team  for 2014 World Cup
View Caption
Iranian women flash the victory sign during a street celebration in Tehran, Iran on June 18, 2013. The Iranian national soccer team defeated South Korea in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match in Ulsan, South Korea. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian .
fark
How a used bottle becomes a new bottle in 6 animated gifs
Old and busted: SARS. New inflammatory hotness: MERS
Ten national parks you didn't know existed, but you do now. (Slideshow alert)
To appeal to foodie wannabes, fast food chains and industrial food suppliers are engineering new...
Company claims people can 'sniff' themselves thin with a perfume that suppresses appetite. Subby...
Fark Philly Up - Spend the day in Philly taunting animals and ringing bells, or meet us at night...