Amazing lawyer story! True!!

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!

There is more.....

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 cheque , 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.

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!

There is more.....

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 cheque , 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.

haha thats great. sneaky bastards

HAHA eat chit!

Q. What do you call 100 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

A. A good start

Bigdog

Nice one Bigdog! Lawyers never did me any favours!! Mind you I never gave them much to work with!