AndymaN Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Hahahahahaha! That's hilarious. He should have seen that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeval Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 (edited) gahahahaha, that's freakin' beautiful! I'm sure it's not true, because the judge in the first case would have seen this right away as insurance fraud, but it's hilarious nonetheless. Edited December 18, 2004 by Daeval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Oh...My...God... Seriously, you don't see things like this happen close to ever, but that was just beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf2_ryu Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 hahaa what a fool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 ROFL LMAO!!!!!!!11111owned lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cominus Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Damn, what a way to smoke a dube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Lol, that is freaking halirius, o well, like my good friend always says, Welcome to America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I almost have to do it, but: http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Ah well...thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 hahahahahahaah, salty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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