Hi people I have been following all the discussions in this forum and therefore
thought we should have a small time break and see how these legal heads worked
on each other for a lovely Sunday...
Cheers!
Fets...
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 (Arson is the crime of deliberately and maliciously setting
fire to structures or wildland areas.) 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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