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G'day JustinO,
This lawyer story was sent to me by my 85 y/o mate in
North Carolina. Given that your dad is a lawyer, you may already be aware of it.
If so, ignore it. Otherwise, enjoy.
BEST
TRUE LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY
This took
place in 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, 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 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 ... NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE'RE NUTS
4 comments:
Hi Gary. . .We all enjoyed the tale. Showed it to Mom and Dad . . .good laughs. Then Dad got going telling a few deals/stories from his work here in Boston. . . .and some of the shenanigans encountered. . .the which shall remain entre nous. . .What's the saying? Hmmm. .. "Prudence is the better part of valor."
Glad your dad enjoyed it. I wonder what J thought.
It's a funny story, but methinks this should be filed under fiction, not non-fiction.
This is a very OLD canard. It's funny, but a trip to www.snopes.com will tell you the truth. :)
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