A So Sweet

Arvon · 01-15-2002, 10:52 AM

Only in America

A Charlotte, NC man having purchased a box of very rare, very expensive
cigars, insured them against fire among other things.

Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of cigars and without
having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the man filed
a claim against the insurance company.

In his claim, the man stated the cigars were lost "in 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 man sued......and won! In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed that
the claim was frivolous.

He stated nevertheless that the man held a policy from the company in
which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed
that it would insure 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 the man $15,000.00 for the rare
cigars he had lost in the "fires".

HERE COMES THE BEST PART!!

After the man 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 man was convicted of
intentionally burning his insured property and sentenced to 24 months in
jail and a $24,000.00 fine.

Epona · 01-15-2002, 11:00 AM

That is just brilliant! Thank you for posting that.

nick1979 · 01-15-2002, 12:08 PM

Our legal system is cracked out.

Sir Byronas · 01-15-2002, 02:24 PM

Very good, Arvon

!

J'aran · 01-15-2002, 02:27 PM

ROTFLMAOSTC! That's priceless!

Blade · 01-15-2002, 03:12 PM

Only in america, just like the peoson who sued McDonalds for because she droped her coffe in her own lap and scalded herself and won

got to love the legal system

[ 01-15-2002: Message edited by: Blade ]

Grojlach · 01-15-2002, 06:01 PM

Priceless, really really priceless. I hope you don't mind me posting this at a different forum, do you? [img]smile.gif[/img]

01-15-2002, 10:52 AM	#1
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	Only in America A Charlotte, NC man having purchased a box of very rare, very expensive cigars, insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of cigars and without having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated the cigars were lost "in 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 man sued......and won! In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed that the claim was frivolous. He stated nevertheless that the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure 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 the man $15,000.00 for the rare cigars he had lost in the "fires". HERE COMES THE BEST PART!! After the man 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 man was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000.00 fine. __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

01-15-2002, 11:00 AM	#2
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	That is just brilliant! Thank you for posting that. __________________ [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/epona.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

01-15-2002, 12:08 PM	#3
nick1979 Zhentarim Guard Join Date: April 11, 2001 Location: Murfreesboro, TN, USA Age: 45 Posts: 333	Our legal system is cracked out. __________________

01-15-2002, 02:24 PM	#4
Sir Byronas Mephistopheles Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Greece Age: 35 Posts: 1,463	Very good, Arvon ! __________________ <br />I\'ve searched the whole world and ended up back in Ironworks. Home sweet home!

01-15-2002, 03:12 PM	#6
Blade Emerald Dragon Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: spokane wa usa Age: 40 Posts: 926	Only in america, just like the peoson who sued McDonalds for because she droped her coffe in her own lap and scalded herself and won got to love the legal system [ 01-15-2002: Message edited by: Blade ] __________________ <br /><br />All blades cut, be they made from metal or wood, but the sharpest and deadliest blade is the one of knowledge, and that is the least used.<br />An Archmage of the HADB

01-15-2002, 02:27 PM	#5
J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	ROTFLMAOSTC! That's priceless!

01-15-2002, 06:01 PM	#7
Grojlach Zartan Join Date: May 2, 2001 Location: Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Age: 43 Posts: 5,281	Priceless, really really priceless. I hope you don't mind me posting this at a different forum, do you? [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ [url]\"http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Grobbel/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://www.denness.net/rpi/username/Grobbel\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

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