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Sunday, July 13, 2014 3:03 PM Fwd: BEST LAWYER STORY

<table><tr><th></th></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; BEST LAWYER / INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE
&gt;&gt; CENTURY</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; This actually took place in Charlotte, North Carolina.
&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then
&gt;&gt; insured them against, among other things, fire.</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
&gt;&gt; cigars, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a serie= of
&gt;&gt; small fires."</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason,
&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; The lawyer sued and WON!</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; (Stay with me.)</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company
&gt;&gt; that the claim was frivolous.</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from
&gt;&gt; the company, in which it had warranted that the cigars were</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire,
&gt;&gt; without defining what is considered to be unacceptable 'fire' and was
&gt;&gt; obligated to pay the claim.</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
&gt;&gt; company accepted the rulingand paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his
&gt;&gt; loss of the cigars that perished in the 'fires'.</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; NOW FOR THE BEST PART...</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him
&gt;&gt; arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally</td></tr><tr><td>&gt;&gt; burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail
&gt;&gt; and a $24,000 fine.</td></tr></table>

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>> This true story won First Place in last year's Criminal Lawyers
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