This took place in 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, 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!               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 to the lawyer for his  loss of the cigars that  perished 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. This  true story won First Place in last year's Criminal Lawyers Award contest.