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Subject: FW: BEST TRUE LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:59:52 +0000

 

 

 

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> BEST TRUE LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR
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> 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!

> 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.
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>
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> ONLY IN AMERICA .