This was sent to me via an uncle, not sure where he got it.  But you just gotta love this story………..

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> ONLY IN AMERICA …..
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> BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR,
> DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.
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> This took place in Charlotte North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of
> very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other
> things, fire.
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> Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
> cigars, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.
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> 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.
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> The lawyer sued and WON! ( Stay with me. )
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> 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.
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> 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 that perished in the ‘fires’.
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> NOW FOR THE BEST PART…
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> After the lawyer cashed the cheque, the insurance company had him
> arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!
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> 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 true story won First Place in last year’s Criminal Lawyers
> Award contest.
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> ONLY IN AMERICA …..
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