Criminal Lawyers Award Contest

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BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR,
DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY

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 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!

(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, 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 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 (Arson is the crime
of deliberately and maliciously setting fire to structures or
wildland areas.) 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!