Funny Story

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  1. J_Ray

    J_Ray JBB JustBBall Member

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    It's pretty funny, must read....

    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Lawyering and Insurance companies at their finest!

    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
    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!

    In 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.

    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.</div>
     
  2. Run BJM

    Run BJM Heavy lies the crown. Staff Member Global Moderator

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">sentenced to 24
    months in jail and a $24,000.00 fine.</div>
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  3. Iggy

    Iggy Iggy

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    LMFAO! Nice find J_ray, that was super funny.
     
  4. I-Miss-MJ

    I-Miss-MJ JBB I am so SMRT

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    hahaha brilliant.
     
  5. dunksworth

    dunksworth JBB JustBBall Member

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    if that's really true, then that's the funniest sh!t I've heard in a long time...
     
  6. Karma

    Karma The Will Must Be Stronger Than The Skill

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    [​IMG] [​IMG] Wow the law system is messed up.
     
  7. Courtking

    Courtking Courtking

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    Haha, yeah I've saw that before. It's funny the second time too though...
     
  8. bbwSwish

    bbwSwish Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.

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    Haha, this was great. [​IMG]
     
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    50 JBB JustBBall Member

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    He got what he deserved. HAHA.
     
  10. miss3pointer25

    miss3pointer25 JBB JustBBall Member

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    <div class="quote_poster">Run BJM Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">[​IMG]</div>


    that picture just gets me every time
     

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