This took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars and 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 a 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 ....
9 comments:
just a stupid internet Hoax, a lot like KI. I would like to see the irony in this one but apparently it's just typical.
Google this, smart man, " BEST TRUE LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY"
It is not a haux.
LOL
7:51 AM
Right. What do I expect from a typical KI fan? Always believing everything you hear without further self-clarification.
Here you go, you dumb ass.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
Mr Sam Rainsy, Why don't you sue PM Hun Sen as you promise to us Cambodian people and your true supporters?
Are you tried to bargain or negotiate with PM Hun Sen again like 2005 lawsuit at America??? Why?? Why??
We want to see Mr Sam Rainsy act as he said to sue PM Hun Sen in every democracy Countries court of justice around the world.
We want the results as transparency, from your progress in suing PM Hun Sen in every court of justices!!!
We are Cambodian people afraid that you are just using the lawsuit to scare PM Hun Sen than when PM Hun Sen gives you (Mr Sam Rainsy) green light. You again, hang your Lawsuit like 2005.
Mr Sam Rainsy, You must do as you said, otherwise you the same as Mr Kim Soka.
Mr Sam Rainsy, where are your law suit VS Hun SEn in America Court of justice? We want to see and hear the stories transparency because we afraid that you are just try to bargain with Hun Sen like 2005 again.
We Cambodian people as well as your supporters are waiting to see your real action in suing PM Hun Sen (In America Court of justice, all countries’ court of justice in Europe, Japan Court of justice, Australia Court of justice, New Zealand court of justice, Canada court of Justice, UN court of justice, World Human Right court of justice, NATO court of justice…) as you Mr Sam Rainsy said.
Mr Sam Rainsy must do as you said OK. Don’t you dare to bargain with PM Hun Sen like 2005 again?
May be you can’t be Prime Minister of Cambodia because of unfair election as 5-6 million Vietnamese votes for Hun Sen and Hun Sen add up his cheating skill in every election but you can be a great Khmer Hero by suing PM Hun Sen about the facts that he has done to Cambodia and Cambodian people so far.
If you Can’t be Prime Miniter due unfair election all the times but Mr Sam Rainsy, you can gives a great stain to PM Hun Sen and CPP Vietnam slave about their crimes against Cambodian people since 1970 until today.
Please don't try to remove the comment above 9:26 AM again. We khmer people are waiting to see the real action not words!
9:26 AM
អញប្រាប់ហើយថា ទុកឲ្យមេដោះស្រាយ
កុំអន្ទះសារពេក សន្សឹមៗ កុំមាត់ទុកមាត់ស៊ីអាចម៏។
Mr Sam Rainsy! Can you get back Koh Tral sea lands of over 30 000Km2 back from Vietnam that PM Hun Sen gives to Vietnam treties from 1979 to 1986.
Please demonstrate that You (Mr sam rainsy ) can get our lands sea koh back from Vietnam.
Can KI media demonstrate that over 30 000km2 that PM Hun Sen gives to Vietnam, we khmer can get them back.
Please KI media as well as Mr Sam Rainsy enlighten us khmer
This is an old cliche that has been repeated over times in insurance prelicensure and college business laws courses.
Don't take it literally.
Heard it,read it and kept hearing it until now.
Hey, you fargot. If you think that KI is stupid, why do you read it? They are smarter than you dump ass who can do nothing but sparing and fucking your own mother -
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