It just burns me up

Capt'n Mil Coll · 05-07-2008, 06:00 PM

A Charlotte, North Carolina man, having purchased a case of rare, very
expensive cigars, insured them against ...get this ... fire. Within a
month, having smoked his entire stockpile of fabulous cigars, and
having
yet to make a single premium payment on the policy, the man filed a
claim
against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated that he had
lost the cigars in "a series of small fires." The insurance company
refused
to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars
in a
normal fashion.

The man sued ... and won! In delivering his ruling, the judge stated
that
since 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 the
cigars against fire, without defining what it considered to be
"unacceptable fire," it was obligated to compensate the insured for his
loss. Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the
insurance
company accepted the judge's ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the
rare
cigars he lost in "the fires."

After the man cashed his check, however, the insurance company had him
arrested ... on 24 counts of arson! With his own insurance claim and
testimony from the previous case being used as evidence against him,
the
man was convicted of intentionally burning the rare cigars and
sentenced to
24 consecutive one year terms!

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Windwalker · 05-07-2008, 07:04 PM

Sounds like justice to me.

7mmremmag1995 · 05-07-2008, 07:10 PM

weird

cremley · 05-07-2008, 08:47 PM

well at least they finally figured out a way to screw the sueing crooks over. haha!

looney · 05-07-2008, 09:16 PM

thats a brad paisley song

troy2000 · 05-08-2008, 02:38 AM

Funny, but untrue. The story's been kicking around in one form or another since I was in high school, clear back in the sixties. As Looney mentions, Brad Paisley based a song on the tale.

damage855 · 05-08-2008, 05:07 PM

Heard it many times but thats the first time it happened in Charlotte, usaully somewhere like New York or San Fransico.

andrew cochran · 05-08-2008, 06:23 PM

LOL thats wird. I don't believe that happend though.

Momoney567 · 05-08-2008, 06:27 PM

thats just a swift kick to the nads

05-07-2008, 06:00 PM	#1
Capt'n Mil Coll Military Rifle Collector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member- Posts: 2,256 Images: 10	It just burns me up A Charlotte, North Carolina man, having purchased a case of rare, very expensive cigars, insured them against ...get this ... fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of fabulous cigars, and having yet to make a single premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated that he had lost the cigars in "a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in a normal fashion. The man sued ... and won! In delivering his ruling, the judge stated that since 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 the cigars against fire, without defining what it considered to be "unacceptable fire," it was obligated to compensate the insured for his loss. Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the judge's ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in "the fires." After the man cashed his check, however, the insurance company had him arrested ... on 24 counts of arson! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used as evidence against him, the man was convicted of intentionally burning the rare cigars and sentenced to 24 consecutive one year terms! ******************************** __________________ Let's light this fuse and see what happens!

05-07-2008, 07:04 PM	#2
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,536	Sounds like justice to me. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

05-07-2008, 07:10 PM	#3
7mmremmag1995 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,270 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 1	weird __________________ Just LeDoux it

05-07-2008, 08:47 PM	#4
cremley Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern New Mexico Posts: 952	well at least they finally figured out a way to screw the sueing crooks over. haha! __________________ There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who have guns and those who dig. You dig.

05-08-2008, 02:38 AM	#6
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 9,406 Images: 9	Funny, but untrue. The story's been kicking around in one form or another since I was in high school, clear back in the sixties. As Looney mentions, Brad Paisley based a song on the tale. __________________ If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -Anatole France Last edited by troy2000; 05-08-2008 at 02:41 AM.

05-07-2008, 09:16 PM	#5
looney Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9	thats a brad paisley song

05-08-2008, 05:07 PM	#7
damage855 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina / Lake Norman Posts: 925 Blog Entries: 1	Heard it many times but thats the first time it happened in Charlotte, usaully somewhere like New York or San Fransico. __________________ If total goverment control will make us all safer, then why are prisons so dangerous?

05-08-2008, 06:23 PM	#8
andrew cochran Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW! Posts: 2,138	LOL thats wird. I don't believe that happend though. __________________ If you don't have anything good to say... Don't say it!

05-08-2008, 06:27 PM	#9
Momoney567 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern tube Louisiana Posts: 208	thats just a swift kick to the nads __________________ Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword never found automatic weapons.