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Thom Riddle
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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 Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:53 am Post subject: lawyer story, NOT exactly Kolb related |
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There have been many discussions on liability and lawyers on this Kolb list, in particular, ways to limit builder's liability. We tend to blame lawyers on this situation in America and probably with good reason. In that spirit, I offer the following story, reputed to be true, about a lawyer and his shenanigans. Enjoy or skip.... your choice.
Greatest Lawyer Story EVER!
Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and
expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.
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!
(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, 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 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!
The only way that this story could have been better would be if the lawyer was arrested for importing Cuban cigars, as they are still illegal in this country!
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rlaird
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Posts: 373
Location: Houston
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:11 am Post subject: lawyer story, NOT exactly Kolb related |
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Sorry Thom, but it's NOT true... it's a hoax...
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
-- Robert
On 9/20/06, Thom Riddle <jtriddle(at)adelphia.net> wrote:
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There have been many discussions on liability and lawyers on this Kolb list, in particular, ways to limit builder's liability. We tend to blame lawyers on this situation in America and probably with good reason. In that spirit, I offer the following story, reputed to be true, about a lawyer and his shenanigans. Enjoy or skip.... your choice.
Greatest Lawyer Story EVER!
Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and
expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.
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!
(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, 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 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!
The only way that this story could have been better would be if the lawyer was arrested for importing Cuban cigars, as they are still illegal in this country!
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Thom in Buffalo
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Thom Riddle
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:29 am Post subject: Re: lawyer story, NOT exactly Kolb related |
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I regularly check snopes for hoaxes but didn't on this one when I got it because I wanted it to be true. Still a great story but, alas, fiction. Thanks for the sanity check.
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jstewart(at)inebraska.com
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:43 am Post subject: lawyer story, NOT exactly Kolb related |
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Funny, but not true.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
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