THANK GOODNESS!! This is my last day of classes in law school and I can't begin to express how HAPPY I am!! Law school has been an absolutely miserable experience that is indescribable. Don't get me wrong, it will be worth it in the end. But these past 3 years have been really tough! Now all I have to do is pass my final exams.. and pass the BAR EXAM (unfortunately!)
Yesterday was a fairly peaceful day in District Court. I don't know if things have just been calm and a little more normal lately, or if I am just getting numb to crazy situations.... While preparing a traffic docket for court yesterday, I did notice that there was a man on the docket that is 108 years old!! Seriously?? The scariest part about that is that he actually had to be DRIVING in order to get a ticket for "Driving While Suspended"! I am anxious to see if this individual makes it to court???
Now it is time to gear up for some serious studying and buckle down for final exams....
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Mandy~ I got this as an email and just HAD to share it with you...
ReplyDeleteBEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY:
This took place in 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, 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, 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 cigars that perished 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 true story won First Place in last year's Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
ONLY IN AMERICA - NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE'RE NUTS.