Lawyers

"THIS HAPPENS ONLY IN AMERICA

This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably the
century.

A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars;
then insured them against fire among other things. 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!
In 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 rare 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 1st place winner in the recent
Criminal
Lawyers Award Contest."