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Have any of your businesses ever been sued?

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Just out of interest, were they in relation to your finance site?

I've been threatened with lawsuits more times than I can remember, but it's nev

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Topic starter Posted : 21/08/2005 6:31 am
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my sites haven't sued yet but we have this complains claming that they are the original writer of some part of my site.I wonder what to do to this situation.thanks

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Posted : 21/01/2006 10:05 pm
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> in relation to your finance site?

Nah, at a hobby site of mine where tempers can run high in the forums... 😉

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Posted : 21/01/2006 10:12 pm
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I do some work for a small sub-prime lender who had a class action lawsuit filed against him over a technical violation of the Uniform Commercial Code. It came down to the difference between "may" and "will" in the repossession notice he sent. His defense has so far cost five years and more than $100,000.

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Posted : 23/01/2006 4:03 am
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Re: Have any of your businesses ever been sued?

It sounds as though you two misunderstood the policy you had. Workers Compensation premium is based on your payroll. Obviously you told the insurance agent when you started this policy that you had zero payroll which is obviously not the case since the audit satellite internet service found that your husband had enough payroll to warrant a $15,000 premium (that's A LOT of payroll by the way unless he's a roofer). Did your agent not tell you that this policy was based on payroll and did you two not read your policy? This information and your rate would have been on the second page of the policy.

Not paying insurance premium is the same as not paying your mortgage or your car payment, except with the car or house, they have something to take away from you when you don't pay. Web HostingThe insurance company offered you a service (the risk they took on of having to pay for injuries to your husband's employees) and now they expect to get paid, the same way your husband would expect to get paid had he completed a construction project for one of his clients.

Unfortunately, contractors run into this problem all the time so you are not alone in having dealt with this. The lawsuits NEVER go in the contractor's favor. That is to say, I have never seen one in the ten years I have been in this business. Hopefully, for your sake, your situation is special and you win this lawsuit. If you were my Insured I would STRONGLY recommend you speak with the insurance company and try to set up a payment plan on this $15,000. If you do not, you are just going to add lawyer fees to the $15,000 you owe.

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Posted : 16/06/2009 7:18 am
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Re: Have any of your businesses ever been sued?

Have we ever? Only at least once per winter! We have had our contracts reviewed by our attorney, as yako says, and it;s a good idea to do.
Our contract attempts to put al the liability on the property owner,a nd absolve us from any responsibility. Half of the time it gets crossed out, tbut the other half it gets through.
The other thing that we do is require our subcontractors to cover us and the property they work on by naming us as additional insured. We generally assign our subs to a single property or group of them, and they do the job 100%
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Posted : 05/10/2009 9:46 am
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Re: Have any of your businesses ever been sued?

I think civil lawsuits are served by a process server. They hang around your door and all they need to do is confirm your name and they leave it or give it to you if you take it. They can be tricky and act like they are delivering mail, flowers or whatever. If you don't answer or can manage not to confront them personally they cannot legally serve process and you can delay the court date indefinately.

I used to word at an office where they were trying to serve and the secretary would tell them so-and-so was not there, and they would just have to leave and try again.

A sherrif summons sounds like you missed a court date, or a judge called you into court for some reason. Probably would not do you any good to go in for it, if they really want you they will come get you, or send it certified mail at least, but that's just me.

Oh yea...I hope you have covered yourself businesswise with a corporation, company or LLC. They can take your personal assets, house, everything. The judge can freeze bank accounts at the trail so there is no time to transfer funds.
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Posted : 22/02/2010 11:33 am
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Re: Have any of your businesses ever been sued?

I used to word at an office where they were trying to serve and the secretary would tell them so-and-so was not there, and they would just have to leave and try again.

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