Lawyer Story

[frodar]

:rolleyes:




>> > 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, 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