Lawyers.....

[Chris_69_SS]

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
> cigars
> that 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
>
> Every once in a while sanity prevails!