A 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 After the lawyer cashed the check the insurance company had him arrested 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

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