BEST LAWYER Vs CIGAR STORY …
BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY.....
During my career in property development/management I have had occasion to want to physically strangle if not mortally wound the odd Lawyer here and there.
When I received this great story about the 'timely come-uppence' of this legal eagle, I just had to share it.
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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 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 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 First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
Thank you your honor!!
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Karma is a fat B****
Hmmmm!!
The person which has put up offers done seems to upward being great difficult employee. The publish through itself reveals how much he’s worked to produce it. Awesome post. a person really much.
It’s ironic that we all make fun of lawyers, but then we all call one whenever there is a possibility of suing someone and make some $.
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True, but then when you look around we make fun of most professions … don’t we??
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Lorrette
Thank you for a good laugh
It is a total pleasure Marc – thank you for visiting us!
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This is really embarrassing story for the lawyers, but finally justice won hahaha…:)
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LOL .. yes, it is just too funny not to enjoy laughing at the outcome.
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Lorrette
That is hilarious. I think he got what was coming to him. The law can work both for and against you.
Certainly can Scott
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It’s an urban legend, although a very funny one
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/lawyer-cigar-arson.shtml
You got it! what a hoot of a storey. In fact the legal profession seem to have gotten a giggle out of it as well.
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Lorrette
People always say that people in the legal profession don’t have a good sense of humor about what we do. Well, I found that story hilarious!
Hi There Sally
LOL – Thanks, pleased to hear it made you laugh – !!
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Lorrette
I heard the story before. Is it actually true?
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Hi Jenny
Yes, I believe it is. Have had a few comments from the legal profession on it too..lol, too funny!!
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Lorrette
Your site is also very interesting, very calming effect just reading it. Will spend more time with certain areas. Well done and good luck with your work.
G’day Tanmay
Thank you for your kind words.
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Lorrette
what a story.it is not too hard to smile broadly when reading this one.
You got that right!!
That’s one of the funiest things I’ve ever read. I think it’s fair to say certain parts of the justice system need changing.
Thanks for your comment Andrew, yes I agree about the justice system needing changing – seems it is a world-wide problem. In the meantime though, for those of us less learned, we can at least laugh about some of what goes on. Please visit us again soon.
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Our legal system does work after all
Yep, it would seem so..LOL
Haha, now that is a classic story about a crooked lawyer getting what he deserved.
Yep, it is hard not to smile broadly when reading this one. Thanks for your comment.