Best lawyer joke of all time

[Patrick]

Subject: Best Lawyer Story of the Year






> BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE
> YEAR,
>
>  DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.
>
>
>
> This took place in Charlotte North Carolina. A lawyer
> purchased a box of very
> rare and xpensive cigars, then insured them against, among
> other things, fire.>
>
> Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these
> great cigars, the
> lawyer filed a laim 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, 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 cigars
> that perished 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 true story won First Place in last year's
> Criminal Lawyers Award
> contest.
>
>





I don't care if this is true or not, but, it should be. I just thought it funny. So, snopes away.