Funny cigar/lawyer story

[manuel]

Don't know if this is true or not but it is funny.
"THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND
PROBABLY THE CENTURY.
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."

[Kilrtoy]

That is F***IN beautiful
I love it

[Kachina26]

Come on people, I've taught you better than this!!! Click here for the truth (http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp) , and remember when it sounds too good to be true............. snopes.com is your lie detector

[Dawn Patrol]

If it's on the Net, it must be True. :messedup:

[Sane Asylum]

Knew I could count on ya K26

[DaveA]

Charlotte, NC, huh?
True or not, there's a few lawyers in Charlotte that ARE that 'sharp'. I know a couple. :wink:
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