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[gdn443]

[font "Tahoma"][size 4]BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR.
[/size][/font][font "Tahoma"][size 4]Charlotte[/size][/font][font "Tahoma"][size 4], [/size][/font][font "Tahoma"][size 4]North Carolina[/size][/font][font "Tahoma"][size 4]:

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 and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy 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, 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 an "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 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 [/size][/font][font "Tahoma"][size 4]First Place[/size][/font][font "Tahoma"][size 4] winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

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[Tarpon4me]

LOL, that's a great story. I can't believe that there are cigars out there that cost that much money anyhow. Geez, you can buy a car for that much money.
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[Flagmanonice]

I HATE TO BREAK YOUR BUBBLE , BUT THERES A SONG OUT THERE , I BELIVE BY BRAD PAISLY , THAT SAYS EVERYTHING YOU WROTE , CHECK IT OUT , ITS A GOOD SONG !

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[RedDwarf]

Its a funny story, but alas, not true.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

Still, I laughed [sly]
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[gdn443]

Too bad, it seems to fit. []
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[Flagmanonice]

[size 5]BRAD PAISLEY LYRICS

[/size][size 2]"The Cigar Song"

Well I'm a sucker for fine Cuban cigars
The problem is I can't afford 'em
But last year I went and got myself a whole box
And just to be safe I insured 'em

[Chorus]
I took out a policy against fire and theft
And then I hurried home
With a thirty-cent lighter I sat on my back steps
And I smoked 'em one by one

Two weeks later I went to see that insurance man
And I handed in my claim
With a straight face I told him that through a series of small fires
They'd all gone up in flames

[2nd Chorus]
They reviewed my case and they had no choice
But to pay me for what I'd done
And I took that check and bought a whole new box
And I smoked 'em one by one

Two weeks later this detective shows up
Tells me that company's pressin' charges
One speedy trial later they locked me up
On twenty-four separate counts of arson

[3rd Chorus]
And now I sit and I stare at a blank brick wall
Lookin' back on what I've done
To pass the time I've got some ten-cent cigars
And I smoke 'em one by one
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[PapaBaruu]

I love it... true or not- it's good to see the swindler get his...

It takes a crook to catch a crook... or in this instance a Lawyer to catch a Lawyer...PB
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