BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR

[meathead1512]

BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE 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.

[snatch]

hahaha thats great!

[SIRUS]

awesome, definitely the best lawyer/insurance story i've read this year.

but to be fair, it's the first lawyer/insurance story i've read this year.

[sam the dnb man]

hhahahahaha HOW DO YOU FEEL!!!!
hahahaha.

the lawyer should have known

[Blurr]

it's a good story but it's old man, it's one of the classic american sue stories

it's up there with the McDonalds coffee in the lap and the 90s hollywood actress who sued a french farmer for damages to her reputation after he sued her because her horse jumped a fence and fucked his horse too hard maiming it in the process

[jmzmaloney]

it's a good story but it's old man, it's one of the classic american sue stories

it's up there with the McDonalds coffee in the lap and the 90s hollywood actress who sued a french farmer for damages to her reputation after he sued her because her horse jumped a fence and fucked his horse too hard maiming it in the process

Fucking hell I wanna hear more about this story.

[Rock*]

I've heard that a man collapsed in America and was ressucitated by a passer by; saving his life, but sued the guy for breaking one of his ribs in the process.

[EvezDroppin]

hahaha didnt see that one backfiring

[Blurr]

Fucking hell I wanna hear more about this story.

sorry man, it was in the paper a few year's ago but can't find anything online about it, mainly coz i can't remember who the actress was

the words "actress horse fucked hard" come up with some undesirable results

[robhicks1]

HaHa thats brilliant.

[jmzmaloney]

Undesirable maybe for you but youve sorted my evenings entertainment out.

[djlob]

that's quality, nice one

[celina]

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[JamesZero]

It's a funny story but is it actually true tho?

If he has unlawfully burn the insured goods then they never would have paid out in the first place.. they would have just used that as there defence in court and he never would have won the case.

[DJError]

It's a funny story but is it actually true tho?

If he has unlawfully burn the insured goods then they never would have paid out in the first place.. they would have just used that as there defence in court and he never would have won the case.

maybe they realised after