What Comes Around Goes Around!!!

@sconibear (8016)
United States
October 22, 2008 7:48am CST
i just received this from a friend. our justice system at work.....what do you guys think??? [i] Best Lawyer Story of the Year 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 ![/i]
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7 responses
• United States
23 Oct 08
BOUT TIME!! im so glad to read this!! im so sick of seeing bs pass and i cant believe he won to begin with!!
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@sconibear (8016)
• United States
23 Oct 08
yeah, it's a great story, but i found out after i posted it that the whole thing is BS as myklj pointed out.
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• United States
23 Oct 08
ugh that sucks.. i didnt even look up after i replied
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
23 Oct 08
OMFG! That is one of the best lawyer stories I have ever heard and Yeah! I worked for phucking lawyers for over 20 miserable years of my life and I am so glad to hear that one at least of these coniving azzholes got caught at his own game! That is the best! Good for the insurance company lawyer who thought that one up! They got him good! He tried to screw them and really got screwed! That's what he gets for playing with fire!lmao! Thanks for the great story sconi! Nice work! It doesn't make up for the years of hell that I was put through, but it did make me feel a little bit better!
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
23 Oct 08
sorry to rain on your parade Opal, but if you read myklj's post you will see the story is actually a hoax........it didn't say that when i received it in my e-mail this morning, so i thought i would share it here. it still is a great story though.
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Oct 08
Some people will just do anything for money wont they! Well all I can say is good on the Insurance company for coming up with a clever idea like that to get his at his own game, but I guess you have to get it to him for trying, I could never come up anything even half as good as that .... hehehe
@msmell (1378)
• Australia
23 Oct 08
Ohhhh it was only a fake Oh well I got a laugh out of it anyway!
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
22 Oct 08
This is a brilliant case, sconi! It really made my day. Takes lawyers to be able to outsmart eachother, that's for sure!
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
23 Oct 08
sorry, but as myklj pointed out....the whole story is a hoax. i didn't know this when i posted it and it still makes a great story.
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
23 Oct 08
It DID make a good story ... it was funny, and I really enjoyed it! Hoax or not ... thanks!
@psspurgeon1 (1109)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Thats sad and incredibly hilarious at th same time. Serves him right. That is funny that he had to go to jail and pay almost double the amount the insurance awarded him!!! Thanks for sharing this with us, I will go tell my hubby now!!!
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@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
22 Oct 08
You have got to be kidding me. I can't believe that a lawyer would be that stupid. Well I guess that would sure teach him a lesson. Where in the world would someone ever get that idea from?
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
22 Oct 08
yeah, i didn't realize it when i posted this.....but as it turns out, it looks like this is a fabricated story (see above post) but it's still a good story.
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
23 Oct 08
There is actually a country song sung by Brad Paisley about this. It is an entertaining song. You should check it out. I think it is a funny story.