BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR…. in case you hadn’t seen this one before, if so still pretty good……..
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
20insurance 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
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
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 WE’RE NUTS
