I Just Saved Your Life - A Case Study

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Stephanie Nally: Robert was on his way home from work in Southern California. She says he accidentally sideswiped a Cadillac that was parked on the side of the street. He stopped, pulled over, and looked up in his rearview mirror. A man about 18 years old pushes him over into the passenger seat. They went to a different part of the neighborhood where it was safe,. The defendant said, I just saved your life, and that was my mother's car that you hit, and you need to pay for the damages. In 1977, that's like $18,000 in today's money.

In 1977, a mild-mannered aeronautical engineer sideswiped a parked car in Compton, CA. When he stopped his car to survey the damage, a man named Leon Moore opened the driver-side door, shoved him over, and started driving. He said, "I'm about to save your life."

We talk to lawyer Stephanie Nally about a con that spanned decades.

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