Thread: Best Lawyer Story Ever

>BEST LAWYER STORY EVER
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>>THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE, AND PROBABLY THE
>>CENTURY.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>The lawyer sued.. and WON!
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>>(Stay with me.)
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>>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.
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>>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 rare cigars lost in the "fires".
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>>NOW FOR THE BEST PART...
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>>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.
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>>This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent
>>Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

Good one Barbara,

Always like a good lawyer joke, and this was a good one. LOL

Good luck to all, Mike

Wrongful death lawsuits usually have larger compensation than a typical personal injury suit. The courts take into consideration many alternative things in these cases, as well as suffering, loss of financial gain, and different financial losses.




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