Andy -- If you believe that, I've got a great bridge in NY City that you can
take over - cheap!
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Gilbert" <gilbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: [OM] [OT]Irony - was Caution etc...
> Charles Sdunek wrote:
> >
> > Hey, its ok, I was just kidding. But seriously, how can you guys take
> > us seriously when we have people sueing mcdonalds because they spilt
> > thier coffee in their laps and it happened to be hot? heheh Not to
> > mention the burgler who fell through the skylight window of the house he
> > was robbing and won a lawsuit against the homeowners.... Lot's of
> > rediculous people and things here.
>
> Here's one was sent to me, can this really be true??? I can almost
believe
> the above could happen over here in the UK now, but read on.............
>
> Subject: Fw: There is Justice in the World
>
> Here's a heartwarming lawyer story:
>
> A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very
> rare and expensive
> cigars, then insured them against fire (among other
> things) Within a
> month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these
> great cigars, and not
> 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:
> the man had consumed the cigars in the normal
> fashion. The lawyer sued....and won!
> In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with
> the insurance
> company that the claim was frivolous, however, the
> judge stated that the
> lawyer held a policy from the company in which ithad warranted that the
> cigars were insurable, and had guaranteed that it
> would indeed insure
> them against fire, without defining what is
> considered "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
> $15,000.00 to the lawyer
> for his incendiary bamboozle.
>
> NOW FOR THE GOOD 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 SENTENCED
> HIM TO 24 MONTHS IN JAIL AND A $24,000.00 FINE.
>
> This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in
> the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest
>
> Perhaps I could sue you guys in the USA for passing on this dreadful
disease
> (Zuikoholism) I was a simple 1 body & 3 primes sort of chap before I came
> across you people :)
>
>
> Andy Gilbert
> Exeter
> Devon
> England
>
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