*NO CLUE IF THIS IS TRUE*
BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY
>
> 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
> and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy
> 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! (so what else is new?)
>
> (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, 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 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!!!
> (Good for them!!!)
>
> With his own in surance 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 First Place winner in the recent
> Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
Yup, I’ve heard it before. Sorry, its an Urban Myth
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