AI#97
02-26-2009, 11:37 AM
I hate forwarding email jokes/stories but I liked this one.
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 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! IT'S NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE'RE
> NUTS
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 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! IT'S NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE'RE
> NUTS