THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND
PROBABLY  THE  CENTURY:

  Charlotte , North  Carolina

  A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then
insured  them against, among other things,  fire.

  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 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
the  man had consumed the cigars in the normal  fashion.

  The lawyer sued.. and  WON!

  (Stay with  me.)

  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, 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 to the lawyer for his loss
of  the 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  fine.

  This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent
Criminal  Lawyers Award  Contest.

  ONLY IN AMERICA  !

  NO WONDER PEOPLE FROM THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS  !

I received it at work from a co-worker, not sure of the source and didn't take time to check on it, but I am sure it will google.

I wasted the time to google

Its an old urban legend that has been told a variety of ways. This is a newer version

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