BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY
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
nevertheless, 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!
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