rocknrod
02-10-2006, 04:49 PM
Now I'm not sure of this is for real. It said it was. But it's a good story anyway:
"THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, THE DECADE, MAYBE .
A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars,
then insured them against fire among other things. 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
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.)
In 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 rare 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 THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
THINK WE'RE NUTS!!"
Thinik it's real?
"THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, THE DECADE, MAYBE .
A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars,
then insured them against fire among other things. 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
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.)
In 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 rare 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 THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
THINK WE'RE NUTS!!"
Thinik it's real?