lawyers

[wild hair 39]

>

> SUBJECT: LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR

> 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 _

> _ THINK WE'RE NUTS_

 

 

[Panjandrum]

This is a great story, but is unfortunately an urban legend.

 

Thank you, Snopes!

[gunboat]

:whistling::whistling::whistling: :no-no-no::no-no-no::no-no-no:

[SilvrT]

Funny ... but un-verified to be true and "Criminal Lawyers Award contest" apparently is non-existant.

[Trader]

This is a great story, but is unfortunately an urban legend.

 

Thank you, Snopes!

 

Kill-Joy!!!!!

[Panjandrum]

Kill-Joy!!!!!

Just trying to prevent our fellow riders from saying, "Hey, that's a great story! I must email it to all my friends," which they do, and those friends forward it to their friends!

 

But you're right, Trader. It sucks to be me.

[SilvrT]

 

It sucks to be me.

 

It's a sh*tty position to be in.... but SOMEBODY has to ....

[saddlebum]

OH man I was all for the lawyer's getting his just dessert, until some blabbermouth ruined it for me, by saying it was fake .

[JohnT]

Shakespeare had the right idea regarding lawyers.