OK, so it's not a musical story, but it's pretty good

john_kidder

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This came to my email this morning. Only the 24 month part rings somewhat hollow (there, see, musical references are everywhere).

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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 now.)

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 accept ed 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.



ONLY IN AMERICA!
NO WONDER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES (and Canadians, every now and then) THINK WE'RE NUTS
 

West R Lee

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Some of us think some Americans are nuts too John. Keep in mind that Texas is the only state in the country that can secede. Don't think we'll have to though, we are presently being conquered by Mexico.

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Doesn't Vermont have some rare right to keep away from the mainstream? I thought they also had a constitutional right to back out? My people are very old New Englanders (arrived about 1640), and Vermont, as my father used to say, is "full of dead Kidders". I'll try a little online research.
 

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I guess it's not a right to secede, just an attempted movement to secede.

Google returns 321,000 hits on "Vermont Succession".
Top of the list is 2nd Vermont Republic

One can sign this petition online:

Vermont Independence Resolution
Be it resolved that the state of Vermont peacefully and democratically free itself from the United States of America and return to its natural status as an independent republic as it was between January 15, 1777 and March 4, 1791.

Best of luck there, Green Mountain Men.
 

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Maybe it was Geico Coastie, do you get those commercials there? Probably not, it's an insurance company here. The spokesman is an Aussie speaking lizard (gecko). Really funny commercials.

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