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Lawyer vs Insurance Company
Apr 25, 2017 08:12:11 #
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 Awards contest.
I don't know if any of this is true.....
Pat
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 Awards contest.
I don't know if any of this is true.....
Pat
Apr 25, 2017 08:35:41 #
Apr 25, 2017 08:46:31 #
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Apr 25, 2017 09:28:13 #
It's funny and it's old -
ORIGINS: This legend began its Internet life after it was posted to the newsgroup alt.smokers.cigars in early 1996, and it has continued to circulate as a “true story” in newsgroups, e-mail, and social media ever since, despite its having been long ago identified as a tall tale. The version posted back in 1996 was, in fact, nearly identical to one that had been published in a collection of amusing anecdotes over thirty years earlier:
ORIGINS: This legend began its Internet life after it was posted to the newsgroup alt.smokers.cigars in early 1996, and it has continued to circulate as a “true story” in newsgroups, e-mail, and social media ever since, despite its having been long ago identified as a tall tale. The version posted back in 1996 was, in fact, nearly identical to one that had been published in a collection of amusing anecdotes over thirty years earlier:
Apr 25, 2017 09:35:56 #
Unfortunately this is another completely bogus story. Here's the low down from our good friends over at Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
Apr 26, 2017 06:41:26 #
I love this story - true or not (and I so hope it is!) It is definitely in the "Karma's a bitch" file!
Apr 26, 2017 08:07:21 #
picsbywayne wrote:
Unfortunately this is another completely bogus story. Here's the low down from our good friends over at Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
What's the difference? It's funny.
Apr 26, 2017 11:16:23 #
Apr 28, 2017 10:32:34 #
Tikva
Loc: Waukesha, WI
This is a wonderful story whether it is true or not. I needed something to brighten my morning, and this surely did that.
Apr 29, 2017 19:54:15 #
Jay Pat wrote:
A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensiv... (show quote)
Karma, karma, it will get you everytime!!!
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Apr 29, 2017 20:37:34 #
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