Cigar Anyone?

Don't ask why I thought of Lawyers and alligators at the
same time!

.......................................Alligator shoes!!!........................................

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 thatthe 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.

My information says;
This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the
recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.