Lawyer...cigar insurance...
DHawk
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I got this in an e-mail forward and thought you all might like it.
BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY.
> 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 and without yet having made even his first
premium payment on the policy 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, 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 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 First Place winner in the recent
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
Comments
However, it is a Brad Paisely song called "The cigar Song"