Fwd: FW: Best Lawyer

[Deepak Chandra]

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BEST  LAWYER / INSURANCE STORY OF THE  YEAR & DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.

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.

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[CHANDRA SHEKHAR BORKAR]

Caught in his own cobweb...... what say?

Regards and Best Wishes
C B BORKAR