Tyler Perry gives 81-year-old woman $43K to help save her home after burst pipe

When an unexpected burst pipe displaced an 81-year-old woman from her home of four decades, it wasn't her insurance that swept in to help. It was Tyler Perry.

On Valentine's Day, Brenda Daurham's kitchen sink burst, sending water throughout her home in Markham, Illinois, and leaving her with nothing, she told local Fox station WFLD in a story published Aug. 31. She said she could not live in her home after the damage.

Despite someone from her insurance company, Allstate, telling her that "everything was covered," her claim was denied due to policy exclusions involving "wear and tear," "deterioration," and "seepage," WFLD reported.

"You think you have insurance, you think you are covered, and I had the highest of everything … then when something happens they don’t cover anything," Daurham told the outlet at the time. "The fire department came out, and then I called the insurance company, and they said everything was covered. I didn’t have to worry about a thing."

Expecting Allstate to cover the costs, she called Excel Fire and Water Damage Restoration Services to perform water mitigation work at her home, leaving her in severe debt she could not cover "by no means." "It's horrible, it’s…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/entertainment/