FW: A good lawyer story

This is allegedly a true story....

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< < << <Subject: A good lawyer story for all you cigar smokers
< < << <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
< < << <andwithout
< < << <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 a lengthy and costly appeal process, the
< < << <insurance
< < << <company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 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 $24,000.00
< < << <fine.
< < << <This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
< < << <Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
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