This was in the newspaper recently and I had to share it.
Agent named Bon Dacko provides a tale that has to be a legal classic.
It's a true story(Bob assures us) and was the first-prize winner in a recent American Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
A Charlotte, N.C. Lawyer purchased a box of rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire (among other things) Within a month, having smoked his entire two dozen 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 he had consumed the cigars in a 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, 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 against fire, without defining what is considered to be "unacceptable fires." and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than clog up the courts for a lengthy time, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of rare cigars destroyed in the "rare fires." However, hang on. That was not the end of the unbelievable story. What came next was, well, justice.
Read on!
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 sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
Yes, a true story and, for once, I was cheering for the insurance company. I wonder if the lawyer has been barred from practicing in North Carolina!
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