I haven't checked this out with Snopes so I don't know if it's true but who cares....I like it anyway. 
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!
> >
> > (Stay with me.)
> >
> > 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 would 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
> > cigars 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.
> >
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!
> >
> > (Stay with me.)
> >
> > 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 would 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
> > cigars 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.
> >
