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Thanks to Leo for sending this one!
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, listen to this)
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 THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS.