In Competition No. 2545 you were invited to submit a letter written by a well-known literary character to an insurance company making a personal accident claim.
My favourite ludicrous compensation claim — which generated the classic Sun headline ‘Safeway leaflet crippled my dog’ — was made against the unfortunate supermarket chain by a couple after their dachshund injured itself leaping up to grab a store leaflet that had been posted through the letter-box.
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