[GCFL-discuss] GCF: Insurance Claim

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On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 10:01:27PM -0700, gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net wrote:
>    I don't know if you guys get this mailing list. But I got such a HUGE
>    kick out of it I thought I would pass it on. Also find it a kick that
>    a human would be that crazy, but I love the ending. God bless you,
> 
>    Lance
>    John 8:32 "You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."
> 
> 
> 
>    GCF: Insurance Claim
>    (This is an oldie but a goodie)
>    A 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 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!
>    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 a 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 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 $24,000.00 fine
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