From joker@joker.org Mon Jan 12 08:26:24 1998
 Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 22:39:36 -0500
 From: The ORIGINAL Joke of the Day! 
 To: joke@joker.org
 Subject: US Court Systems
 
 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 rate cigars and sentenced to 24
 consecutive one year terms.
 
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