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["Stephen Beauregard" <sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

THIS IS THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE
CENTURY....

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,the lawyer filed claim against
the insurance company.


In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of
smallfires." The insurance comp an y refused to pay, citing the obvious
reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.


The lawyer sued... and won!

In delivering the ruling the judge agreed with the insurance company that the
claim was frivolous. The Judge state 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.

Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company
accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare
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 $24,000.00 fine.

This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal
Lawyers Award Contest.
ONLY IN AMERICA!!! NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS
Thanks,

Steve
sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx