Guest jpurdy2003 Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I dunno if this is true, but it's funny. ______________________________________________ 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 THAT IS AMERICAN JUSTICE! The legal system at its finest. Even if it isn't true, the story is making me smile today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Snopes shows this to be another fake story An old fake one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conesmasher Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Originally posted by Nitrousbird: Snopes shows this to be another fake story An old fake one too. Regardless of it's age, or it's authenticity This story get's graemlins/thumb.gifgraemlins/thumb.gif 2 thumbs up from me. Thanks for the laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy1647545504 Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I don't care whether that's new or old, or true or not. That's funny right there! graemlins/thumb.gifgraemlins/lol.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 thats fuckin funny true or not smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Originally posted by Gas, Grass, or Ass: thats fuckin funny true or not smile.gif I just posted the link proving it to be an untrue URBAN LEGEND. IT isn't a matter of true or not....it's just not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevil Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Originally posted by CR Caddy: I don't care whether that's new or old, or true or not. That's funny right there! graemlins/thumb.gifgraemlins/lol.gif +1 graemlins/lol.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwishiwascool Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 snopes.com has made me a cynic. It's another Urban legend generated by the internets: Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwishiwascool Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I totally missed nitrousbirds post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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