BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR,DECADE,AND
>> POSSIBLY THE
>> >
>> > CENTURY..
>> >
>> >
>> > This took place in 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, 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
>> >
>> > theinsurance company that the claim was frivolous..
>> > The judge stated 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
>> > cigars that perished 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 true story won First Place in last year's
>> Criminal Lawyers
>> > Award Contest.
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