Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 I have no idea if this is correct but in the USA if could be. Sometime lawyers are too smart - or too dumb - for their own good!! LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR 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 it considered to be unacceptable fire, and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure the 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 OTHER COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS!!! _________________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Ha ha. I totaly believe this. Before I got to the end, I was thinking - shouldn't they get back at him by charging him with arson? We here in the US, we sue too darn much. In England, if you sue someone and lose, you have to pay their court fees. That keeps a lot of people from suing. I think we should do that here. Our law suits are totaly out of hand. Sueing Mcs for making you fat. Yea, right. The suit against Mcs when that lady burnt her legs from the hot coffee - remember that? I didn't think it could get much worse. But it has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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