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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: theolodian on 04 December 2006, 17:01:16
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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 cheque, 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.
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Bloody hell ;D ;D I was'nt expecting that one. ;D
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No offence Theo but, only in America..........!! :o Good story - just desserts :y
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I felt myself getting angry when I saw he won.. that soon changed when i finished reading :D
tbh, that should happen to all lawyers. bloodsucking leeches on the face of humanity.
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He got his just desserts :y
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We may scoff, but court cases like that will soon be happening here. What America does today...........
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Just had a good old laff at that!!! Serves him right for trying to play the system :y
I still haven't got over the case in which the convicted drug users sued the prison service for making them go cold turkey :o and of course the good old 'human rights act' was there to protect them >:(
They all got a nice payout for the 'suffering'they had to endure,right out of us honest tax-payers pockets :o ::) funny,I thought they were in prison because they commited a crime...surely you lose all your rights when you're locked up (well thats how it used to be) why should they worry about doing a bit of bird when they've got the system by the balls ??? ::)
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Please Rog, dont get us started. The last time someone mentioned that, there was a mass rant ;)
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That's a class story. Gives you a sort of warm glow inside, doesn't it?
Lawyers - hate 'em.
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That's a class story. Gives you a sort of warm glow inside, doesn't it?
Lawyers - hate 'em.
Agreed :y
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Nice one Theo. Good to see the clever/dumb balance restored. ;D
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And the morale of the story is :-/ :-/...............don't insure yer cigars against fire ;)..just insure them against theft :y
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And the morale of the story is :-/ :-/...............don't insure yer cigars against fire ;)..just insure them against theft :y
Very clever Mick - you should be a God :y
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And the morale of the story is :-/ :-/...............don't insure yer cigars against fire ;)..just insure them against theft :y
Very clever Mick - you should be a God :y
Then I can stop working :y...could have its benefits ;D ;D
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That's a great story...serves him right!! :P
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justice done :-/ :-X
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If that is a true story then brilliant.
If not, it is just as good
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If that is a true story then brilliant.
If not, it is just as good
It'll be good if its not Brillaiint then, and if its neither then it'll be both them :o :o ;D
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Had heard it before but, sadly, forgot the ending.
Glad to be reminded! ;D
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Had heard it before but, sadly, forgot the ending.
Glad to be reminded! ;D
You'll be reminded then ;D
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Yup... :y
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If that is a true story then brilliant.
If not, it is just as good
It'll be good if its not Brillaiint then, and if its neither then it'll be both them :o :o ;D
? You confused me