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Criminal Lawyers Award Contest
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| Fir3start3r |
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 with 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 $15,000.00 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. |
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| dj_mdma |
LOL good one. I can't believe that the Lawyer won in the first place. Just goes to show that the US justice system is obviously in full working order :rolleyes:
:tongue2 :tongue2 :tongue2
How about the case where 15 obese people are planning to sue all the fast food chains in the US for causing them ill health, obesity etc etc,
Their Argument? They thought that the food was healthy! :whip: :whip: :whip:
hopefully common sense will prevail, and the judge will put them into a fat camp or something :haha: :haha: |
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| dr me |
| only in america. i'm glad the insurance co nailed the |
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| Linx_da_cat |
| wow...what an idiot...lol. that's pretty funny. |
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