[Campaign] Incredible Lawyer Story With A Positive Ending

[Love For Life Campaign]

We just received this incredible email .
Arthur

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*From:* Kathy  <mailto:kathycoles at exemail.com.au>
*To:* "Undisclosed-Recipient: 
<mailto:%22Undisclosed-Recipient:;%22 at connect.com.au>
*Sent:* Monday, October 15, 2007 10:36 PM
*Subject:* Fw: Lawyer story

Love this one - Justice at last!!!
 
 
*Subject:* Lawyer story
 
Lawyer Story of the year..no ...decade...The CENTURY!!!!
 
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 
and
without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy,
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, 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 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.
 



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