Best Lawer story of the year

[Brady]

BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY!

A Charlotte, North Carolina 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 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.

ONLY IN AMERICA!

You are never given a dream without also given the power to make it

come

true!

[ERDoc]

Be careful what you believe.

[Just Plain Ruff]

It's still funny but I heard it a long time ago and it was an insurance executive who was the one who did it.

[ERDoc]

It's still funny but I heard it a long time ago and it was an insurance executive who was the one who did it.

It's definitely funny (especially since it involves a lawyer).

[Just Plain Ruff]

It would even be funnier if it involved Al Sharpton, or Jesse Jackson or even Nancy Grace.

[Richard B the EMT]

Who is Nancy Grace?

There were 3 retired store keepers living in a retirement community. Discussing things of the world, the first one stated he had been the owner of a failing clothing store, which had a water pipe break, ruined all of his stock, and made the building uninhabitable. He had retired on the insurance settlement check.

The second one gleefully told how his candy store, which had been losing a lot of money, had a late night gas pipe explosion and fire, which destroyed the building. He had retired on the insurance settlement check.

The third one said he had owned a failing restaurant, but the building had been totally destroyed by a tornado, and he had retired on the insurance settlement check.

The first 2 men looked at each other, and whispered to each other, "How do you start a tornado?"

[Scaramedic]

A lawyer, a rabbi, and a Hindi were driving in the country. Suddenly the cars engine seized and they were stranded. Being late they walked down the road to the nearest farmhouse and asked the farmer if they could spend the night.

The farmer said he only had room in the house for two so someone would have to sleep in the barn The Rabbi said "oy vey, my people are used to suffering I'll sleep in the barn. So out he goes.

A few minutes later there is a knock at the door. It's the Rabbi hey says "I am sorry but I cannot sleep out in the barn, there is a pig in the barn and that breaks Jewish law."

The Hindi says "No problem, I grew up in Calcutta so it can't be that bad." So out he goes.

A few minutes later there's a knock at the door. It's the Hindi, he says "I am also sorry but there is a cow in the barn and I cannot sleep in the same building as a holy vessel."

The Lawyer says "Fine I'll sleep in the frigging barn." So out he goes.

A few minutes later there's knock at the door.

It's the pig and the cow.

[ERDoc]

A lawyer, a rabbi, and a Hindi were driving in the country. Suddenly the cars engine seized and they were stranded. Being late they walked down the road to the nearest farmhouse and asked the farmer if they could spend the night.

The farmer said he only had room in the house for two so someone would have to sleep in the barn The Rabbi said "oy vey, my people are used to suffering I'll sleep in the barn. So out he goes.

A few minutes later there is a knock at the door. It's the Rabbi hey says "I am sorry but I cannot sleep out in the barn, there is a pig in the barn and that breaks Jewish law."

The Hindi says "No problem, I grew up in Calcutta so it can't be that bad." So out he goes.

A few minutes later there's a knock at the door. It's the Hindi, he says "I am also sorry but there is a cow in the barn and I cannot sleep in the same building as a holy vessel."

The Lawyer says "Fine I'll sleep in the frigging barn." So out he goes.

A few minutes later there's knock at the door.

It's the pig and the cow.

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