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本世紀之最--律師
A Charlotte , NC , lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars,and then insured them against fire among other things. Within a monthhaving smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet havingmade even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claimagainst the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigarswere lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused topay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in thenormal fashion. The lawyer sued ... and won! In delivering the ruling thejudge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. TheJudge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the companyin which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteedthat it would insure them against fire, without defining what is consideredto be unacceptable fire, and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurancecompany accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for his lossof the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART...
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrestedon 24 counts of ARSON!!!! one for each cigar. With his own insurance claim andtestimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer wasconvicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentencedto 24 months in jail and a $24,000.00 fine.
**********************************This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent CriminalLawyers Award Contest. YES!!! = ONLY IN AMERICA !!!
本世紀最佳律師故事：
有一位北卡Charlotte的律師買了一盒極為稀有且昂貴的雪茄，還為雪茄投保了火險。結果他在一個月內把這些頂級雪茄抽完了，保險費一毛也還沒繳，卻提出要保險公司賠償的要求。
在申訴中，律師說雪茄在「一連串的小火」中受損。 保險公司當然不願意賠償，理由是：此人是以正常方式抽完雪茄。結果律師告上法院還贏了這場官司。法官在判決時表示，他同意保險公司的說法，認為此項申訴非常荒謬，但是該律師手上的確有保險公司同意承保的保單，證明保險公司保證賠償任何火險，且保單中沒有明確指出何類「火」不在保險範圍內，保險公司必須賠償。
與其忍受漫長昂貴的上訴過程，保險公司決定接受這項判決，並且賠償美金一萬五千元的雪茄「火險」。
最精彩的地方還在後面：律師將支票兌現後，保險公司馬上報警將他逮捕，罪名是涉嫌24起縱火案! 由他自己先前的申訴和證詞，這名律師立即以「蓄意燒毀已投保之財產」的罪名被定罪，要入獄服刑二十四個月，並罰款美金二萬四千元。
以上為真實的故事，並且獲選為「近期犯罪律師競賽獎」的第一名∼果然是: 聰明反被聰明誤，一山還有一山高啊！