[Grovenet] Hosstyle Humor 4 Tuesday

[Alan et_al]

Received this my cousin the teacher in Scio this morning..

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From: BJF 
 Sent: Monday, October 03, 2006 8:10 AM
Subject: Best Lawyer Story of Decade
BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE & PROBABLY THE CENTURY

In 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!
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.  
ONLY IN AMERICA !  NO WONDER 
THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS
 
 

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