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 a 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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