bolton in bedford Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 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 neverthe less, 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 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 THEY'RE NUTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter HomerJay Posted November 29, 2006 Site Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2006 very old story, dunno if its true or not... probably the former... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Any chance of having Snopes in the links section? http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton in bedford Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 Well that told me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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