This morning was a trial setting conference, at which we had hoped to get a trial date for our lawsuit with our general contractor.
Civil cases are extremely backlogged, and the judge simply said that due to the age of our case she was continuing the trial setting conference date to 9/24/09. That means we will be waiting for nearly a year to get a trial date. By "age", she meant it had ONLY been 14 months since the case was filed. Right now, we're just trying to figure out how we can make it through another year while we pursue discovery and motions. We're trying to finish enough of the house so we can move in, and thereby reduce costs to help us service the loan. In the meantime, since I can't afford enough legal help to simply hand the case off to a lawyer to rack up some more hours, I've been taking a course in legal procedure and might even take another law course or two. I had two law courses back when I was working on my MBA. You never know where this kind of thing will finally lead. I don't intend to become a lawyer but I am certainly getting more interested in legal issues. California is one of the few states in the US that offers online courses in law from the local law schools. I found at least one college that offers a law degree that can be earned entirely online, while others offer a sizeable number of courses online. I've also been thinking about sitting through a few trials. They're public, after all. What a pain this whole thing is! However, both Steve and I believe that buying this land and building the house were the right thing to do, and we intend to see it through to the best of our ability. Kristyne McDaniel http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog http://www.emryldadvantage.com/ http://www.mcstyles.com/ Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.... you are right. -- Henry Ford _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
