BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR

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

    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 WE'RE NUTS