Man/Wolf
March 5th, 2002, 03:04 PM
SERVES 'EM RIGHT
Maybe there is some justice in the world!
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 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! 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 here 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 a 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 he 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 he was sentenced to 24 months
in jail and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine. This is a true story and was the
1st place winner in the recent Criminal lawyers Award Contest.
*****Is this too cool, or what?
Maybe there is some justice in the world!
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 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! 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 here 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 a 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 he 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 he was sentenced to 24 months
in jail and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine. This is a true story and was the
1st place winner in the recent Criminal lawyers Award Contest.
*****Is this too cool, or what?