It makes ya wonder

[ellanoize]

A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, 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!

STAY WITH ME ?

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" 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 rare 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.

[Father Dave]

i heard of a case where a man was on trial for passing counterfeit money.
Judge tells him..."you are charged with passing something worthless...bogus bills- how do u plead?"

Man says "Not guilty"

Judge asks "How so- we have pictures of you cashing in these worthless notes?"

Man sez "I didn't have any idea they were counterfeit."

Judge: "But there are so many of them- you had to know- they are in sequence."

Man: "I did not know"

Judge: "Mister- this is serious, its a felony, you have spent the better part of a year passing these worthless bills and cheating many people and business out of cash money by giving them something worthless..."

Man: "I had no idea they were counterfeit."

Judge: "Look- if you can convince me of that fact..."

Man: (interrupting) "I stole that money."
Judge: "What??"
Man: "I broke into a home and took that money- i had no idea it was counterfeit..."

Judge interrupting..."Well well then we have a new charge added to this...THEFT!!!"

Man: "But, yer honor- u just spent the better part of the morning telling me what i passed was "worthless"...since when is it a crime to steal "Nothing" ie: something worthless as you say it is...??"

Judge: "Recess- i need some time for this"

Return to court 3 hours later:

Judge: "As hard as this is for me to do- I find no flaw in your logic or testimony...NOT GUILTY ON ANY CHARGE."

and so on it goes and goes... [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]

<font color="#808080" size="1">[ August 31, 2005 10:31 PM: Message edited by: Father Dave ]</font>

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Just shakes my head! [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]eek.gif[/img]

[2CUTE]

I think that's why I changed my mind about law school *L