Lt Kije Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 The moral of the story? ALWAYS read the small print Good one LtKije Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 You couldn't make it up! Oh.. http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp 1997! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Fug..... you need to lighten up a bit and stop taking everything that is written so seriously..... it's only a forum; it isn't real life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Thanks, Baz, but this is just so, er, old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I did post it under Jokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Offers a good insight into the nature of the law! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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