joke

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.

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Thats brilliant.

how funny. serves him right cheeky sod

i thought what a great idea, then got to the end and thought dont think ill try that lol

What a grt story