Inside many lawyers is a frustrated artist.  That certainly seems to be the case with Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Eakin.  In the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Daniel Goodson, Goodson was convicted of, among other crimes, insurance fraud.  The basis for the crime was that Goodson submitted a legitimate insurance claim to State Farm.  However, he was unhappy with the amount, so when he cashed the check he changed the amount.  State Farm discovered the crime and a criminal prosecution resulted.  Goodman appealed the insurance fraud conviction to Pennsylvania’s highest court and Judge Eakin has now penned the decision.  The decision must be read to be believed but it includes such text as:

 it’s just they’re neither part nor parcel of an insurance claim.

His first claim was legitimate and, resemblances notwithstanding,

he later passed a counterfeit check, no insurance coverage demanding.

Just because the bogus check shows an insurance company’s name

doesn’t make the crime insurance fraud — it’s simply not the same.

You can’t make some of this stuff up.

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