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BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.

Reefdoggie

Reefdoggie

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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.

ONLY IN AMERICA....

NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE'RE FRAKKIN' NUTS...
 
I N Hail

I N Hail

Growing Grower AKA Wasted Rock Ranger
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ROTFLMAO

Good one REEF made my day after a bad start,thanks

This lawyer needs to learn about KARMA
 
BiG H3rB Tr3E

BiG H3rB Tr3E

"No problem can be solved from the same level of c
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damn what a great story. i love when people get what they deserve.

>>>little side story of my own::

back when the first iPhones were getting ready for being sold. and people
were waiting in line for DAYS to get an iPhone..

so the news is covering the story (because nothing news worthy is happening)
so the reporter is chatting it up with people in line and regurgitating
useless apple + iPhone facts... when some fat cow of a women makes
her way in the cameras view. where she proceeds to go to the front of the
line and start bidding on spots in line. now she is the main focus of the live
news feed and she buys the very first spot in line from some kid whos
been waiting 3.5 days with his friend to get the new device. kid sold his
place in line for $900. then once she is in front of the line she takes out
a huge wad of $100 dollar bills and proclaims shes going to buy EVERY
iPhone in the store and sell them on eBay for twice the price
((so you can imagine how happy all these people in line now feel...))
so about 10 minuts later the store opens up and the lady proceeds.
she gets inside and finds out::: ONLY 1 PER CUSTOMER <<hahhaha
so now shes paid almost $1600 for a fucking cell phone. and the kid
who sold his place in line, got back into the end of the line, waited his
turn (again) and there was still enough iPhones wheen he got in. so not
only did he get his iPhone, he got it for free and he got to take home a
$300 dollars on top of the free phone.

fuckign great huh??
 
Stoner4Life

Stoner4Life

Medicinal Advocate
ICMag Donor
Veteran
BiG H3rB Tr3E said:
so not only did he get his iPhone, he got it for free and he got to take home $300 dollars on top of the free phone.

fuckign great huh??
Click to expand...
are you telling me there was a line full of fucking morons willing to plunk down $600 for a telephone?

is that what one of those iphones cost when released?

& I don't care who you are, if you paid $600 for a phone you're a moron.

 
Reefdoggie

Reefdoggie

Member
I recall a few years back that 2 sisters (identical twins) got into some trouble when 1 needed to see a Doctor when she fell ill, and she did not have any insurance. So, she copped her sisters ID and insurance card with the sister's approval, and ended up being admitted to a local hospital treatment for an ulcer.

The hospital screwed up and she got worse, then they learned that some medicine she was given was mislabeled, and she sued everyone for malpractice (Dr., hospital, pharmaceutical company, etc).

As the trail was almost over, and she looked to be a clear-cut victim by the jury, the defense atty called 1 last witness; her twin sister's boyfriend!

The attorney asked him how long he had dated her and was told about 6 months. The he asked the boyfriend how long ago he had been diagnosed with HEP B, and he said it was about 5 months. He then asked him when he told his girlfriend about this, and he said he had not done so yet as was too embarrased & ashamed. That twin fainted and had to be removed from the visitor section of the courtroom, while the atty moved on.

After reviewing her medical charts again, the atty then put the "victim" on the stand, and simply asked her this..."How is it that you want to sue the only people on the planet that apparently were able to cure you of Hep B?"

The sister lost, and both were subsequently jailed for perjury, insurance fraud, etc.

Ain't karma a biotch?
 
mpd

mpd

Lammen Gorthaur
Veteran
One of my kids is a lawyer. My father was a lawyer and I work with a ton of them. I have to admit that most of the lawyers I have had the opportunity to work with are no better or worse than anyone else you meet. There are some that have a sense of entitlement - as if the legal system was created for their exclusive benefit.

Brings to mind the MPD-ism that perfectly describes our people and legal system...

"Real Americans stand on broad and sacred principles; real cowards hide behind the letter of the law."
 
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