Rose M. Dismuke, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced to four months in prison after being found guilty of perjury and attempting to defraud an insurance company. Dismuke claimed that, while shopping at a hardware store for a portable heater on Feb. 21, 2000, she was shocked by the electrical current when the salesperson demonstrated the unit. Dismuke filed suit against the store and the manufacturer of the heater, seeking $3.5 million.
In her deposition, Dismuke said that the shock resulted in permanent loss of the use of her right arm and that she was unable to perform any housework and had been unable to drive an automobile for at least four months. Her right arm was completely without feeling, she said, and would hang limply at her side without her sling. Investigation into Dismuke's claim revealed that she did have full use of her right hand and arm.
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