That's exactly what happened to a friend of mine. He racked up about 20k in legal fees then they filed a countersuit and they guy settled for $1200.00.
If he would have filed the counter suit at the start he could have saved $20,000 ************************************************* Impeach Blagojevich http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Tue, 12/30/08, Geoff Flight <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Geoff Flight <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] I hate being sworn at by customers > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 2:24 AM > I had a problem with a client who commenced legal action > against me because > I WASN'T BEING PAID! (go figure). This went on for > months of expensive > lawyer-led negotiations until I got fed up and instructed > my lawyer to file > a counter-suit. I faxed my client at the same time and > (no-joke) it took > less than a minute for him to back down. I learned that > while negotiation is > ALWAYS the first port of call, counter-suit has a great > deal of persuasive > power as well. Only cost me $20,000 and an almost-breakdown > to learn that > lesson! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Tuesday, 30 December 2008 5:32 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: RE: [OT] I hate being sworn at by customers > > I don't know if you can do it in small claims, but > filing a counter-suit > immediately can make some of these cases go away. > > ************************************************* > Impeach Blagojevich > > http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike > > > --- On Tue, 12/30/08, Kristyne McDaniel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Kristyne McDaniel <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [OT] I hate being sworn at by customers > > To: "'ProFox Email List'" > <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 1:56 AM > > Madigan, > > > > > Now how can a suit to return a dog 18 months > later > > even be > > > accepted by a court? > > > > Small claims. They don't examine the merits before > you > > get there. > > > > Kristyne McDaniel > > http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog > > > > 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/b0544a03729d40ffbeb725fa2d2b2...@kris > tyneMB > > ** 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. > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
