Roger Herrin pays back $500,000 in insurance money in quarters

[03trubluGT]

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/08/roger-herrin-pays-back-500-000-in-insurance-money-in-quarters-92219.html

ST. LOUIS (AP) - An Illinois businessman outraged by a court order that he return more than $500,000 in insurance money related to a 2001 wreck that killed his teenage son wanted to pay the money back in pennies in protest, only to recognize that was unfeasible.

Roger Herrin used four tons of quarters to pay back the insurance money. Photo: Associated Press So, Roger Herrin settled on quarters - four tons of them.

Packed in 150 transparent sacks each weighing about 50 pounds, the $150,000 in coins were nearly one-third of the money an appellate court required Herrin to pay back to resolve years-long legal feuding among the crash's survivors over how $800,000 in insurance proceeds were apportioned.

Obtained from the Federal Reserve in St. Louis, the backbreaking load of change was brought in Wednesday by an armored vehicle and delivered on a flatbed truck to two law firms that represented other victims of the wreck.

"There was no satisfaction from doing that," Herrin, who also serves on the Southern Illinois University system's governing board, told The Associated Press on Thursday. "The loss of a child is the loss of a child, and all the money doesn't replace that.

"I just wanted to draw attention to what went on here," the 76-year-old man added before mustering a laugh. "I really wanted to do it in pennies."



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[Thehead]

Hahahahahaha

[mstng86]

ha, i wish there was video on that.

[sc281]

Good on him.

[Taylor]

Good on him.

What does this even mean?

[4.6coupe]

Pennys are still currency. Why was he not able to pay in pennies?!

[ceyko]

Pennys are still currency. Why was he not able to pay in pennies?!

Probably cost to him to get it delivered. Really don't know the weight/mass of a penny compared to a quarter, but I'd imagine it's a little more efficient for a quarter.

Dimes now those might have been a winner.

[sc281]

What does this even mean?

It means what it says. Look it up if you don't understand how it came to be a saying vernacular. I'm not paid to educate you.

[GrayStangGT]

Pennys are still currency. Why was he not able to pay in pennies?!

Because a 150K in pennies is over 80k lbs

[Nash B.]

Dimes now those might have been a winner.

5 dimes weigh the same as 2 quarters.

[Chili]

It means what it says. Look it up if you don't understand how it came to be a saying vernacular. I'm not paid to educate you.

Good on you!

lol

[jkennedy]

I understand why this guy is upset, but which "man" is he trying to stick it to? This is t going to bother the executives at the insurance company too much. They're not the ones getting their hands dirty counting all the quarters. One (probably several) of their low-earning employees, who probably already hates the company they work for, will have to do it. He seemed to have pissed off the attorneys for the other families, but even though he may dislike the lawyers, it was the families that filed the lawsuit requesting more, and it seems like they won't really be affected, other than maybe a delay in getting their money. No big deal. Seems like way too much work for too little reward for this guy. I would've looked for revenge in another way.

[GrayStangGT]

I understand why this guy is upset, but which "man" is he trying to stick it to? This is t going to bother the executives at the insurance company too much. They're not the ones getting their hands dirty counting all the quarters. One (probably several) of their low-earning employees, who probably already hates the company they work for, will have to do it. He seemed to have pissed off the attorneys for the other families, but even though he may dislike the lawyers, it was the families that filed the lawsuit requesting more, and it seems like they won't really be affected, other than maybe a delay in getting their money. No big deal. Seems like way too much work for too little reward for this guy. I would've looked for revenge in another way.

It clearly stated in the story he did it to bring attention to the case, sounds like he accomplished his goal to me.

[Grape]

Nascar fines usually show up in daytona beach in the same manner....

[Trip McNeely]

I understand why this guy is upset, but which "man" is he trying to stick it to? This is t going to bother the executives at the insurance company too much. They're not the ones getting their hands dirty counting all the quarters. One (probably several) of their low-earning employees, who probably already hates the company they work for, will have to do it. He seemed to have pissed off the attorneys for the other families, but even though he may dislike the lawyers, it was the families that filed the lawsuit requesting more, and it seems like they won't really be affected, other than maybe a delay in getting their money. No big deal. Seems like way too much work for too little reward for this guy. I would've looked for revenge in another way.

Uhhhhhh. Who the hell are you? You the guy that has to count the pennies? You seem angry at this for a newbie.