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| This topic is 2 pages long: 1 2 This topic was originally posted in this forum: Tires, Rims Discusssion |
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Ed W. Prowler Junkie Posts: 2622 |
posted 05-04-2005 06:36 AM
THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY. 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! (Stay with me.) 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 a 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 First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. ONLY IN AMERICA! NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS! |
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tangled up in BLUE Prowler Junkie Posts: 11086 |
posted 05-04-2005 07:27 AM
" hmmmmmmmmm, would they insure my bananas against the peeling coming off ?? "
This message has been edited by tangled up in BLUE on 05-04-2005 at 07:28 AM |
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Orange unregistered Posts: 11086 |
posted 05-04-2005 12:23 PM
NOPE! Never happened... |
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cstall Prowler Junkie Posts: 1240 |
posted 05-04-2005 12:54 PM
I agree with Orange - I think I read about this on Snopes.com or some other urban legend site. As much as dislike the excesses of the legal system, this story would be just too good to be true... |
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Ed W. Prowler Junkie Posts: 2622 |
posted 05-04-2005 01:28 PM
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