Old Lawyer Story - True

This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade and

probably the century...

A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare

and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire

among other things.

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 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!

In 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

$15,000.00 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare

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

$24,000.00 fine.

This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in

the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

ONLY IN AMERICA