A Snake
Member #024
Dave do you practice in N.C.?
BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR,
> DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.
>
>
> 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
> insurance 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 cigarsthat 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!
BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR,
> DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.
>
>
> 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
> insurance 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 cigarsthat 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!
