Best Lawyer Story
Maybe the best lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably
the century.
A Charlotte, North Carolina 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 here.)
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 the Third World countries
think we are nuts :-)
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