Message-ID: <14535878.1075854379973.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 08:43:00 -0700 (PDT) From: darron.giron@enron.com To: dawn.kenne@enron.com, cgiron@mindspring.com, smmayers@earthlink.net, scrowell@us.oracle.com, mark.ebert@broadwing.com, phillip.love@enron.com, jackson.logan@enron.com, victor.guggenheim@enron.com Subject: Fw: True Justice Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Darron C Giron X-To: Dawn C Kenne, cgiron@mindspring.com, smmayers@earthlink.net, scrowell@us.oracle.com, mark.ebert@broadwing.com, Phillip M Love, Jackson Logan, Victor Guggenheim X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Darron_Giron_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Giron-D X-FileName: dgiron.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Darron C Giron/HOU/ECT on 10/03/2000 03:42 PM --------------------------- "hollyw" on 10/02/2000 10:14:10 PM To: "Stan & Katie Wright" , "Sheri Thomas" , "Raymond Paterson" , "Randy Howes" , "Nicol, Gary" , "Len" , "KRISTI GIRON" , "John Schmitz" , "Jim Miller" , "Janine Gregor" , "Gary Wright" , "Debbie Hall" , "Darron C Giron" , "Charlene Anderson" , "Barbara Denson" cc: Subject: Fw: True Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Jones" To: "Warren, Stacy" ; "Smith, Scott" ; "Rochelle Smith" ; "James Henness" ; ; "Carey" Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 8:56 PM Subject: Fw: True Justice > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alberto Gude" > To: ; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; > ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; ; > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 12:32 PM > Subject: True Justice > > > > > > > > This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Lawyers > > Criminal Darwin Award. > > > > A Charlotte, NC man having purchased a box of very rare and expensive > cigars > > insured them against fire among other things. Within a month having > smoked > > his entire stock-pile of these great cigars and without yet having made > even > > his first premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the > > insurance company. In his claim, the man stated the cigars were lost "in a > > series of small fires." The company refused to pay, citing the obvious > > reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. > > > > The man sued.... and won! In delivering the ruling the judge agreed with > > the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. He stated nevertheless > > that 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 them > > against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable > fire," > > and was obligated to pay the claim. > > > > Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the Insurance > > Company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the man for his loss of > > the rare cigars lost in the "fires." > > > > NOW FOR THE BEST PART > > > > After the man 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 man was convicted of > intentionally > > burning his insured property and sentenced him to 24 month in jail and a > > $24,000.00 fine. > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/ > > > > >