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.
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ONLY IN AMERICA!
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