This is the best lawyer story of the year,  decade and probably the century.

A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box  of very rare and expensive cigars, then
insured them against fire among other  things.

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 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!

In 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 $15,000.00 to the lawyer for his  loss of the rare 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 $24,000.00  fine (in most states a lawyer convicted of a falony loses is right to practice law, just the icing on the cake).

This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent  
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.