> 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 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
> 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.
>
> ONLY IN AMERICA ..... NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS THEY'RE NUTS.
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probably a load of B/S but still funny by 'Bucky' << You are here!
