only in NC

:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::head_on_wall:


BEST
LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR,
DECADE, AND POSSIBLY
THE CENTURY.

This
took place in Charlotte North Carolina. 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 Award contest.

ONLY IN AMERICA .... NO WONDER
THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS THEY'RE

NUTS.

 

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