BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR,
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..
ONLY IN AMERICA ,
NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD
THINKS WE'RE NUTS!
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