fetterjohn
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This is for all of you lawyers out there and for any of you that have thought of this scam...enjoy!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, THE DECADE, MAYBE .. EVER.
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 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.)
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 First place winner in the recent Criminal
Lawyers Award Contest
ONLY IN AMERICA! .... NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS
-Fetter
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THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, THE DECADE, MAYBE .. EVER.
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 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.)
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 First place winner in the recent Criminal
Lawyers Award Contest
ONLY IN AMERICA! .... NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS
-Fetter
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