Gossamer_2701
03-15-2004, 04:59 AM
This is the best
lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably the
>century!
>
>A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a
box of very rare and expensive cigars,
>and then insured them against fire among other things.
>
>Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and
>without yet having made even
his first premium payment on the policy, the
>lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim,
the lawyer
>stated the cigars were lost \"in a series of small fires.\"
>
>The insurance company
refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the
>man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The
lawyer sued ...and
>won!
>
>In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company
that
>the claim was frivolous. The Judge stated, nevertheless, that the lawyer
>held a policy from the
company in which it had warranted that the cigars
>were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them
against fire,
>without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire, and was
>obligated to pay the
claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal
>process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and
paid $15,000 to the
>lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the \"fires.\"
>
>
>NOW
FOR THE BEST PART
>
>
>After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on
>24 counts of ARSON! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the
>previous case being used against
him, the lawyer was convicted of
>intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in
>jail and a $24,000 fine.
>
>This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal
>Lawyers Award Contest.
>
>
>ONLY IN AMERICA!
>NO WONDER THE WORLD THINKS WE\'RE NUTS!!
lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably the
>century!
>
>A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a
box of very rare and expensive cigars,
>and then insured them against fire among other things.
>
>Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and
>without yet having made even
his first premium payment on the policy, the
>lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim,
the lawyer
>stated the cigars were lost \"in a series of small fires.\"
>
>The insurance company
refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the
>man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The
lawyer sued ...and
>won!
>
>In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company
that
>the claim was frivolous. The Judge stated, nevertheless, that the lawyer
>held a policy from the
company in which it had warranted that the cigars
>were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them
against fire,
>without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire, and was
>obligated to pay the
claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal
>process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and
paid $15,000 to the
>lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the \"fires.\"
>
>
>NOW
FOR THE BEST PART
>
>
>After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on
>24 counts of ARSON! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the
>previous case being used against
him, the lawyer was convicted of
>intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in
>jail and a $24,000 fine.
>
>This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal
>Lawyers Award Contest.
>
>
>ONLY IN AMERICA!
>NO WONDER THE WORLD THINKS WE\'RE NUTS!!