: The Story of a Smart Lawyer !{By Dr.Sudhir,Kanpur}

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A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars,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, thelawyer 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 thatthe 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 wasobligated 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 rarecigars 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 usedagainst him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insuredproperty 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 CriminalLawyers Award Contest.-- http://mukulchaudhri.blogspot.com