[s-cars] Warning, serious LAC

[Theodore Chen]

sorry, hap, it's urban legend.  this has made the rounds many times.
you must've been 35k feet above the ground when this story was floating
around.

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/cigarson.htm

-teddy

--- CaptMagu at aol.com wrote:
> Good morning s-heads,
>
> Since there are sooo many lawyers, wannabe lawyers, and those of us that love
> lawyers on this list I thought everyone would get a kick out of this. Enjoy!
> This is the best lawyer story I have ever heard.
>
>
>
> A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars,
> and
> 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 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 $15,000.00 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 $24,000.00 fine.
>
>
>
> This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal
> Lawyers
> Award Contest.
>
>
>
> ONLY IN AMERICA
>
> Hap, laughing away in Evergreen, Maguire
>
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