Lawyer story of the Year

[IntenseOperator]

He got what he deserved! Read on! And Have a Laugh!

> Subject: Fwd: Fw: Lawyer story of the year
>
> >
> >
> >A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
> >cigars
> and then insured them against fire among other things. 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 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!
> >
> >In 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.
> >
> >Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
> >company
> accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for his loss of
> the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
> >
> >NOW FOR THE BEST PART:
> >
> >After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company has 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 $24,000.00 fine.
> >
> >This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
> >Criminal
> Lawyers Award Contest.
> >
> >ONLY IN AMERICA!!!!!


:thefinger :thefinger

 

[freelancc]

:clap:

 

[NickiD]

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Intense Operator:

May I have a cite to this case? By the way, how did the Cubs do last night?

Eddie

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

:142smilie

Depending on where he does time he may be introduced to a new kind of stogie.

Few years back was suposedly similiar deal (not by attorney) maybe it was an insurance agent or stock broker, on charging golf balls to AMEX card and recovering new balls under the "lost" or stolen clause. Cost AMEX a few dozen balls and a few laughs before they had clause amended. No litigation involved.
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on the lighter side--
Was father who had 3 sons a stockbroker-insurance broker and attorney. At his death he had request in trust that each child drop $10,000 in his casket before burial out of respect. Just prededing his burial the stock broker stops pays his homage and drops 10 bundles of $1,000 each in coffin-Insurance broker is next and does same-attorney moves up to coffin for his respects, writes check for $30,000 removes the $20,000 cash and leaves.

 

[IntenseOperator]

Eddie,

Email was sent to me from a teacher I know. She is in constant contact with a whole circle of people on the net. Don't think I can get any more info for you. When I get good stuff from anybody, I post it here. When you all put up good stuff, I send it to them. They love it.

White Sox fan here. Indifferent to the other team.

In my business, the recent baseball success was actually costing me money. So as far as that goes, I'm happy it's over so my income stream can resume at the levels it should be this time of year.

 

[Eddie Haskell]

IO:

Just lookin for some verification. Ya know theres a lot people puttin stuff out here that is meant to play into popular sentiment. I just like to read the facts and not the spin by someone with a certain agenda.

I have a feelin theres a little more to it than a fire loss claim for smokin a fuente. Unless, of course, you listen to Wayne.

Ed

 

[IntenseOperator]

I here ya Eddie

Even if it's bs, makes for a good story.

 

[auspice]

Edward


http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcigar.htm

(hope the link works)

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Auspice:

Thank you. The link worked. However, when IO first posted this story, I did a little reconnaissance flight around the internet and found the same story in several web sites. But it is always either a report in a web site.

I'm still lookin for the actual case citation so we can all read the facts of the case, not the spin someone like Wayne wants to put on the story. If you bring up the link and go to the "analysis" button, you will find this quote:

"This story is decades old and likely originated as a joke."

Thats kinda what I've been sayin ad nauseum on this cite. Actually it is what caused me to originally post here was misinformation that is portrayed as the truth in the never-ending attack on my profession. Examples of this type of misinformation can be found in anyone of Dogs that Barks posts.

Just lookin for the facts, as boring and un-newsworthy as they might be.

Ed

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Edward Sir Would you point me where in this thread that I validated this thread was factual.It is nice try on your part to spin it in that direction but as you know my post usually have links giving credit where info comes from. I tried to find the source of this issue as you did but could come up only with the story and no resource as well.--but nice try
However I did find it amusing---if I want to post something negative on Personal Injury and class action cases I could easy document enough cases that would make the Clinton pardon list look like a one line prayer meeting.

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Double entendre? Wayne, you're right. You do generally point to the source of your misinformation. It's interesting that the source of most of your garbage are Rush Limbaugh related writer, insurance industry trade articles and/or other right wing propoganda institutions or websites.

You have all the credibility of a talk radio host. By the way, I'll just bet (if I did) that if I hadn't pointed this fabricated story, you would have chimed in somewhere along the line with ...."See, another lawyer.....".

The point I'm making is this kind of stuff goes on all the time. Take a popular theme (lawyer bashing) and embellish, exagerate, or totally fabricate a story to go along with the theme. Kinda like the McDonalds case, a topic which you and I have exhausted.

Ed

 

[Penguinfan]

I'm still just concerned that Ward was a little hard on the Beaver last night.

 

[BahamaMama]

There was an attorney who got home late one evening after a very taxing
day trying to get a stay of execution for a client, named Wil Wright, was
due to be hanged for murder at midnight. His last minute plea for clemency
to the state governor had failed and he was feeling tired and depressed.
As soon as he got through the door his wife started on about, "What time of
night do you call this? Where the hell have you been?" and so on.

Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he went and
poured himself a very large whisky and headed off to the bathroom for long
hot soak -- pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks. While he was in
the bath the phone rang, which the wife answered to be told that her
husband's client had been granted his stay of execution after all.

Realizing what a day he must have had, she relented a little and went
upstairs to give him the good news. As she opened the bathroom door she
was greeted by the
sight of her husband's rear view as he bent naked over the bath cleaning
the tub. "They're not hanging Wright tonight," she said, at which the
attorney whirled round and screamed hysterically, "For crying out loud
woman, don't you ever stop?"

 

[IntenseOperator]

That's why I love the strength of this forum.

Just when it's all an easy post, with the standard "easy reads (longtime lurker here)", the forum is this forum

Thankyou

(I feel I'm in the right place)

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Cute Mama. By the way, how did Iowa do yesterday?

Edward

 

[BahamaMama]

not all that bad ('cept of course on the scoreboard where it counts)

Team Statistics Iowa Ohio State
First downs 15 11
Rushes-Yards 40 - 66 42 - 56
Passing yards 153 129
Sacked-Yards lost 3 - 2 4 - 17
Return yards 7 84
Passes 14 - 27 - 1 11 - 22 - 0
Punts-Average 8 - 35.1 8 - 44.8
Fumbles-Lost 4 - 2 1 - 1
Penalties-Yards 7 - 52 7 - 64
Time of Possession 29:52 30:08


:moon: and how did OSU do against Wisconsin last week, don't think i ever heard a score on that one

maybe NEXT YEAR....... GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Ohio State lost to Wisconsin but, they got cheated. It was all cause of the refs.

Eddie

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

More drain on the tax payor---but I am sure they are doing it for the" little guy" and windfall they get is secondary--right Eddie

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99944,00.html

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Wayneo;

Fox news. Another unbiased source of authority for Waynes agenda. Sensation grabbing headlines. Getting boring Wayne.

By the way, Wayne, like you collecting premiums then denying coverage, lawyers too (sometimes) get paid for their services. Why do you have a problem with that.

Okay..... lets here again, the taxpayer argument.

Ed