Here is a story for you all.
This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade and probably the
century.
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 $15,000.00 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 $24,000.00 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal
Lawyers Award Contest.
Gene
The Ekder
