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 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.) 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 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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