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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 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 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in
the recent Criminal
Lawyers Award Contest.
ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS!!!
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 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 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in
the recent Criminal
Lawyers Award Contest.
ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS!!!