The Lawyer and his Cigars

[Scyry]

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 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.) 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 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 rare 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.

[99-2door]

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 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.) 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 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 rare 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.

 

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www.snopes.com

 

Claim: A cigar aficionado insures his stogies against fire, then tries to collect from his insurance company after he smokes them.

Status: False.

[PELICAN]

I do not know if it is true or not but there is a country song about it.

[Scyry]

Meh, was funny, I don't believe most things touted as "true" on the internet. But I hope I am good at cutting and pasting funny crap onto here.

[PELICAN]

Scyry you get an A+ in my book for cuttin' an pasting funny stuff I also think it is funny that I have heard this cigar story on the radio, the internet and in a song. I think it has to be one of those most popular urban legand jokes going around.