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 now.)
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.
ONLY IN AMERICA
!!!! NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE'RE NUTS!
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