> Lawyer takes on Insurance company

Safin

This is a true story(or so is claimed

i didn't go and find out the veracity of that claim, but it looks real so here goes)

This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade, and
probably the century. 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 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! 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 1st place winner in the
recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.