Super User skunked_again Posted February 21, 2009 Super User Posted February 21, 2009 This took place in 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, 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, 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 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars that perished 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 true story won First Place in last year's Criminal Lawyers Award contest. Quote
Super User KU_Bassmaster. Posted February 21, 2009 Super User Posted February 21, 2009 This is also a Brad Paisley song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBmCl-q_54 Quote
Super User skunked_again Posted February 21, 2009 Author Super User Posted February 21, 2009 This is also a Brad Paisley song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBmCl-q_54 ive never heard that song i just read the story on another forum and thought it was funny. Quote
Super User Root beer Posted February 21, 2009 Super User Posted February 21, 2009 That is amazing. Quote
IDbasser Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 That is justice right there!! I laughed pretty hard on that one! Quote
Super User Dan: Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 What an idiot. How could he not see that coming. Why did the judge even award him the money? I understand the fact that he thought the policy was valid...but if it was established that the policy was legitimate, that pretty obviously leads to the conclusion that the man was committing insurance fraud by lighting the fires himself, doesn't it? Quote
Super User Dan: Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp nevermind. Quote
Super User burleytog Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp nevermind. Did you even need to check? ;D Quote
Super User skunked_again Posted February 22, 2009 Author Super User Posted February 22, 2009 the sad part is it wouldnt be suprising to see true storys like that one. Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 Apparently one person here thought it was true. Quote
Super User Root beer Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 I believed it. I mean come on how can you blame me for believing it? Have you seen all crazy crap people do and sue for? Here a fact that I can back up. The St. Louis Cardinal had insurance on Mark McGwire. Here how it worked. The Cardinal put an insurance on their prize slugger, so if he was hurt they would still make money off the empty seat. Example: Say when McGwire is playing the average attendance would be 40,000 and then if McGwire suffered a baseball related injury and the attendance drops to 20,000. The insurance company would pay 20.00 per empty seat which in turn net 400,000 dollar in revenue for the Cardinal. Did anyone know that? Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 How much was the cost of the insurance and how long was the premium for? Quote
Super User Root beer Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 I don't know. It came out of the book Naked Economic by Charles Wheelan. The source where he got it from is in that book. Quote
Super User burleytog Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 Apparently one person here thought it was true. Email forwards are going to be the ruin of civilization. Mike Judge's Idiocracy will prove to be quite prophetic. Quote
Super User Root beer Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 Email forwards are going to be the ruin of civilization. If it a joke I'll read it, if it has to do with politic and that kind of nature; I usually send the email back to every single email address that got the message and ask them where the source for it. I never get a reply. : Quote
Super User Dan: Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp nevermind. Did you even need to check? ;D you're right. :-[ Mike Judge's Idiocracy will prove to be quite prophetic. "It's got electrolytes, it's what plants crave." Quote
Super User burleytog Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 Mike Judge's Idiocracy will prove to be quite prophetic. "It's got electrolytes, it's what plants crave." BATIN'!!!!! ;D Quote
Super User Dan: Posted February 22, 2009 Super User Posted February 22, 2009 Mike Judge's Idiocracy will prove to be quite prophetic. "It's got electrolytes, it's what plants crave." BATIN'!!!!! ;D lmao, leave it to Burley to use the quote that I thought was too family-unfriendly to post. Quote
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