Post by Roh on Feb 16, 2008 15:36:34 GMT -5
True story.
A lawyer bought a case of (24) expensive cigars. He insured each of them for a thousand dollars.
After a while, he had smoked them all. He filed a claim with the insurance company, saying that they had each been destroyed by small incidents of fire damage. The insurance company naturally contested the claim. In court, the lawyer won. The judge, though ruling for the lawyer, admonished that the lawyer wouldn't have won if the insurance company had worded its documentation correctly (about fire damage of goods intended to be burned).
The lawyer won the twenty-four thousand dollars plus extra for court fees.
Some time later, the insurance company took the lawyer to court for arson, twenty-four counts. The judge ruled that burning insured goods is, indeed, arson; the lawyer was sent to prison for twenty-four months (one for each count) and had to pay a twenty-four thousand dollar fine (plus extra for the insurance company's court fees).
A lawyer bought a case of (24) expensive cigars. He insured each of them for a thousand dollars.
After a while, he had smoked them all. He filed a claim with the insurance company, saying that they had each been destroyed by small incidents of fire damage. The insurance company naturally contested the claim. In court, the lawyer won. The judge, though ruling for the lawyer, admonished that the lawyer wouldn't have won if the insurance company had worded its documentation correctly (about fire damage of goods intended to be burned).
The lawyer won the twenty-four thousand dollars plus extra for court fees.
Some time later, the insurance company took the lawyer to court for arson, twenty-four counts. The judge ruled that burning insured goods is, indeed, arson; the lawyer was sent to prison for twenty-four months (one for each count) and had to pay a twenty-four thousand dollar fine (plus extra for the insurance company's court fees).