BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY.
  Charlotte , North Carolina .
 
 A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then  insured them against, among other things, fire.
 
 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! 
 
  
 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, which it had warranted that  the cigars  were   insurable and also guaranteed that it woul d insure them against  fire, without defining what is considered to be "unacceptable fire" and was obligated to pay the claim.
 
 Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the  insurance Company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the  lawyer for his loss of the c igars 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 fine.

 This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the  recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.