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Jess
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Sat May 5th, 2007 04:25 pm |
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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.
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Posted: Sun May 6th, 2007 02:47 am |
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| great...
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Mon May 7th, 2007 01:49 am |
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| That is so funny! Great story!
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Jess
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Posted: Mon May 7th, 2007 01:47 pm |
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I got a kick out of it so I had to post it.. glad you enjoyed it 
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