THIS IS A TRUE STORY
>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!
>
> (Stay with me.)
>
>Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company
>that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated never theless, 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!!
>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 First Place winner in the recent
>Criminal Lawy ers Award Contest.
