Lawyer Funny

After nearly 2 years of introducing this site, the time has come for some motivation, by introducing a touch of humor. I intend to keep some activity here so let's get the funnies rolling, starting with one lawyer's ordeal.

A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigarrettess, then insured them against fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without 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 cigarrettess were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigarrettes in the normal smoking fashion.

Tell you what, the lawyer sued...and won!

Me at Nkruha Hall, Makerere Uni

In delivering the ruling the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The Judge however stated, that the lawyer held a policy from the company in 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 rare cigars lost in the "small 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 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.