Another one where is easy to hate the victim. Mr Grimaldi was an insurance salesman in Eastern Europe at the beginning of WWII. He sold life insurance to the Jews knowing that they wouldn't be able to demand payment and later even denied that the policies where sold. Karma visits and he gets shot (by his own son, who tries to force him to do the right thing), stabbed, and robbed.
The main court case, that the other reviewer found confusing, is about the American company that indirectly employed Mr Grimaldi during the war. Their actions about the insurance sold by their Italian company were immoral, but not criminal in New York. But this is another case where McCoy finds a way to legally punish greedy businessmen. They hired someone to steal a book that Mr Grimaldi had, where he recorded all the insurance he sold during the war. In the hand of the Italians, it could cost them millions in claims from the survivors. So McCoy charges them with grand larceny, with the proceeds being the amount of money Atlantic should pay for each of the policies in the book. In the end, the only defense the insurance company's Director has left is to deny the existence of the policies and the book, so McCoy gets to prove in court what a bastard the guy really was.
I love it when Jack does something like this.
Favorite line: "I just watched someone's son ruin his life over the shame of his father's acts... I have a son myself."
The main court case, that the other reviewer found confusing, is about the American company that indirectly employed Mr Grimaldi during the war. Their actions about the insurance sold by their Italian company were immoral, but not criminal in New York. But this is another case where McCoy finds a way to legally punish greedy businessmen. They hired someone to steal a book that Mr Grimaldi had, where he recorded all the insurance he sold during the war. In the hand of the Italians, it could cost them millions in claims from the survivors. So McCoy charges them with grand larceny, with the proceeds being the amount of money Atlantic should pay for each of the policies in the book. In the end, the only defense the insurance company's Director has left is to deny the existence of the policies and the book, so McCoy gets to prove in court what a bastard the guy really was.
I love it when Jack does something like this.
Favorite line: "I just watched someone's son ruin his life over the shame of his father's acts... I have a son myself."