Crash Report Sales Exploit Victims, Lead To Fraud

Willis Price and Kevin Kerr were involved in automobile accidents in Memphis. Neither was happy about it. Their anger increased when, within days, they started receiving sales pitches to contact attorneys — possibly to exploit their mishap with bogus injury treatment and fraudulent insurance billings. The attorneys found their names in local police crash reports. Price and Kerr are the lead plaintiffs in a federal class action lawsuit filed in Tennessee. The suit seeks to quash the sale of police crash reports by the City of Memphis. Their suit may spur similar filings across the nation, whether or not it succeeds.