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    I just had this forwarded to me. This is Karma at it's VERY finest!!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

    Enjoy!
    Pat

    THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, THE DECADE, AND
    PROBABLY THE CENTURY. AND 100% TRUE"...
    A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and
    expensive cigars and 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.

    ONLY IN AMERICA!

  • #2
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    Man....... Kev just said this is old. Sorry about that! I've never seen it, but it is quite cool none the less.

    Pat

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    • #3
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      Hahaha Pat!

      Urban Legend, aye? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

      http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

      [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
      "Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)

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      • #4
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        So I've been told... Oh well...

        Pat

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        • #5
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          That's a Brad Paisley song too "The Cigar Song"
          I want REAL change. I want dead bodies littering the capitol.

          - Newc

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          • #6
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            http://www.bradpaisley.com/wm/audio/mud/11cigar_56k.wma
            I want REAL change. I want dead bodies littering the capitol.

            - Newc

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            • #7
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              I've never heard it, but I think it's a coool story. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
              I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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              • #8
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                Hehehe, yeah, I've heard this before. It was actually a pretty clever scheme, but it was wrong, and it got the better of him, regardless of morals though, if it would have worked, I'd have to give the guy credit.

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                • #9
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                  It is wrong. That lawyer lives down the road from me. I smoked his cigars!

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                  • #10
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                    It's NOT A TRUE STORY guys. Duh.
                    "Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)

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                    • #11
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                      Are you calling me a liar?

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                      • #12
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                        Nope, he's calling you a "Duh." bwhahahahahaha!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]


                        Fong

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