Only In America

[Gossamer_2701]

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!!

[Elana]

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[CJ01]

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This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal


&gt;Lawyers Award Contest.


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ONLY IN AMERICA!


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[Elana]

I don\'t believe for

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[Elana]

http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

[Sexyredhead]

Hey, they made a

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[Gossamer_2701]

Oh Elana....

you are such a party-pooper [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I personally don\'t believe 99% of

those email stories, but I dofind them very amusing... especially first thing in the morning

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[Elana]

Oh please...me and my

www.snopes2.com will get ya everytime.

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