Insurance suit

[BigBadDodge]

This is to funny:



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 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

&g! t; 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. 00 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. 00 fine.



This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in

the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

 

[Motorhead]

That was GREAT!!! Shows that people that think they know it all are the most IGNORANT. Chris

 

[WDaniels]

It also shows how greedy people are and how they abuse our legal system, and why it is backed up so bad.

WD

 

[ACoyle]

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcigar.htm?terms=cigar+arson



While the truth is uncertain, It's still a great story.



AC

 

[illflem]

good advice

If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked where the gold was, I don't think it would be a good idea to say, "I swallowed it, so sue me. "

 

[merryman]

Watch out for those "great stories"

Remember the one I reported here in the past about the major TV newsmagazine (one of the big three) that reported on the grocery chain who's employees they filmed changing the expiration dates on meat packages??

When the grocery chain sued in Federal court and got the employee records of the TV network, they were able to prove that the supposed grocery store employees were in fact employees of the TV network who had been sent out in advance to get jobs at the grocery store specifically to phony up this "outrageous" story for their newsmagazine.

If you see it on TV, and it sounds outrageous, or whatever-----be a whole bunch suspicious.

When I was on the bench trying cases, after a few interviews, I refused to do any interview that was not live-----I caught them twisting things more than once; example, they would show the interviewer asking a question then purport to show me answering the question; a couple times I found they were showing me answering a completely different question. It made my answer support their adgenda better than the correct answer to that question. When challenged, they would offer the lame excuse that the film editor got mixed up.



I place news people just a few notches below used car sales people--presently out on parole on fraud charges.



Vaughn

 

[WDaniels]

Much like ABC when they dummied up the gas tank explosions on trucks(Chevies I think) for ratings.

WD