Only in the USA (true story)

[Guest Django]

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 quote; a series of

small fires, quote; 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 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 rare cigars lost in the quote; 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.

[Guest Roo1]

Yep, only in America!!! Need I say more!

[Guest stufi1997]

Never mind the joke Pete,.... Almost got upset with you when i seen that you've sacked poor old Django....but then i saw the clash...........! say no more .......amen. by the way you should check out you tube, ive been checking out aussie beats and there's this band called The John Butler Trio., look for a song called funky tonight.they're my new fav band... well until the next find.! stu.

[Guest Django]

Ah yes well The Clash were, are and will always be my No.1 Band. Django is a god because of the way he could play with only half the fingers of his fretting hand in working order. Good to see you have a good taste in music. I will deffo check out this Ozzy Trio.

 

Cheers

 

Pete