wild hair 39 Posted September 5, 2012 Share #1 Posted September 5, 2012 > > SUBJECT: LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR > LAWYER 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. > _ ONLY IN AMERICA ..... _ > _ NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD _ > _ THINK WE'RE NUTS_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panjandrum Posted September 5, 2012 Share #2 Posted September 5, 2012 This is a great story, but is unfortunately an urban legend. Thank you, Snopes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunboat Posted September 5, 2012 Share #3 Posted September 5, 2012 :whistling::whistling::whistling: :no-no-no::no-no-no::no-no-no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted September 5, 2012 Share #4 Posted September 5, 2012 Funny ... but un-verified to be true and "Criminal Lawyers Award contest" apparently is non-existant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted September 5, 2012 Share #5 Posted September 5, 2012 This is a great story, but is unfortunately an urban legend. Thank you, Snopes! Kill-Joy!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panjandrum Posted September 5, 2012 Share #6 Posted September 5, 2012 Kill-Joy!!!!! Just trying to prevent our fellow riders from saying, "Hey, that's a great story! I must email it to all my friends," which they do, and those friends forward it to their friends! But you're right, Trader. It sucks to be me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted September 5, 2012 Share #7 Posted September 5, 2012 It sucks to be me. It's a sh*tty position to be in.... but SOMEBODY has to .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddlebum Posted September 6, 2012 Share #8 Posted September 6, 2012 OH man I was all for the lawyer's getting his just dessert, until some blabbermouth ruined it for me, by saying it was fake . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted September 7, 2012 Share #9 Posted September 7, 2012 Shakespeare had the right idea regarding lawyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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