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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Criminal Lawyers Award!

Cigar Man!
Criminal Lawyers Award!
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!

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 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

18 comments:

  1. hahahahahah, if that's really legit, it's hilarious. Bout time a damn lawyer gets bit, instead of just getting rich.

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  2. There's so many loopholes in the justice system it can work out in the favor of people a lot of time when it's bullshit. A lot of time people get screwed over too. Funny story though.

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  3. Mother of God... if only that could happen to all lawyers

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  4. arson, unlucky judge :P glad he didn't get away with it, needs to happen to other lawyers too

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  5. Lawyers always they're like Gods, and then this happens.

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  6. I've heard that one before, it's quite hard to believe

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  7. Oh god, thats hilarious...

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  8. I heard this story before I really like it! :D
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  9. Wow that's karma for you.

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