[BITList] LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR!

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oldie but good



            This actually 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!

            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*. . .


	
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