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.

This is also a Brad Paisley song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBmCl-q_54

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.

That is amazing.

That is justice right there!!  I laughed pretty hard on that one!

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?

http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

nevermind.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

nevermind.

Did you even need to check?  ;D

the sad part is it wouldnt be suprising to see true storys like that one.

Apparently one person here thought it was true.

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?

How much was the cost of the insurance and how long was the premium for?

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.

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.

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. :

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."

Mike Judge's Idiocracy will prove to be quite prophetic.

"It's got electrolytes, it's what plants crave."

BATIN'!!!!!

;D

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.