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> BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY. >
Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and
> expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things,
fire.
> 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!
>
> (Stay with me)
>
> 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, 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 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 First Place winner
in the recent
> Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
> ONLY
IN AMERICA!
> NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS
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