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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
I'm very upset. They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a
simple phone call. Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. John keeps telling me I can do this. Present a strong case and win them over. I'm not as confident in myself as he is. Meanwhile I have to figure out where to get this money. Because I don't want to have to move again. Where would I go? There's no place I can actually call "home". Being a military brat has left me with nothing. Dammit! I thought I'd never have to move again. This is driving me crazy. I can't sleep. I can't eat. I'm very upset. Jill |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
"jmcquown" wrote
I'm very upset. They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a simple phone call. Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. John keeps telling me I can do this. Present a strong case and win them over. I'm not as confident in myself as he is. Meanwhile I have to figure out where to get this money. Because I don't want to have to move again. Where would I go? There's no place I can actually call "home". Being a military brat has left me with nothing. Dammit! I thought I'd never have to move again. This is driving me crazy. I can't sleep. I can't eat. I'm very upset. There must be another lawyer somewhere near you who will take the case. |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
On Nov 8, 12:34*pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
I'm very upset. *They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a simple phone call. *Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. John keeps telling me I can do this. *Present a strong case and win them over. *I'm not as confident in myself as he is. Meanwhile I have to figure out where to get this money. *Because I don't want to have to move again. *Where would I go? *There's no place I can actually call "home". *Being a military brat has left me with nothing. Dammit! *I thought I'd never have to move again. This is driving me crazy. *I can't sleep. *I can't eat. *I'm very upset. Jill Did the lawyer say why he won't take your case? Is he too busy or he thinks you don't have much of a case? I feel for you. Winnie |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 1:32:38 PM UTC-5, Winnie wrote:
On Nov 8, 12:34*pm, "jmcquown" wrote: I'm very upset. *They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a simple phone call. *Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. John keeps telling me I can do this. *Present a strong case and win them over. *I'm not as confident in myself as he is. Meanwhile I have to figure out where to get this money. *Because I don't want to have to move again. *Where would I go? *There's no place I can actually call "home". *Being a military brat has left me with nothing.. Dammit! *I thought I'd never have to move again. This is driving me crazy. *I can't sleep. *I can't eat. *I'm very upset. Jill Did the lawyer say why he won't take your case? Is he too busy or he thinks you don't have much of a case? I feel for you. Winnie Because life is nothing like a tv show, and lawyers don't really want to take cases from poor people, unless they can be assured of some large payback.. Just not going to happen. I learned that when my friend got hit by a car while she was walking across the street, and because she's poor, the other guy got off scott-free. The ONLY thing the lawyer did right was keep the other guy's insurance company from trying to bill my friend 'for damaging his car'. Grrr.. I have very little respect for lawyers now. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita |
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"Jane" wrote in message
news:8463643.473.1320778465690.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbct14... On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 1:32:38 PM UTC-5, Winnie wrote: On Nov 8, 12:34 pm, "jmcquown" wrote: I'm very upset. They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a simple phone call. Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. John keeps telling me I can do this. Present a strong case and win them over. I'm not as confident in myself as he is. Meanwhile I have to figure out where to get this money. Because I don't want to have to move again. Where would I go? There's no place I can actually call "home". Being a military brat has left me with nothing. Dammit! I thought I'd never have to move again. This is driving me crazy. I can't sleep. I can't eat. I'm very upset. Jill Did the lawyer say why he won't take your case? Is he too busy or he thinks you don't have much of a case? I feel for you. Winnie Because life is nothing like a tv show, and lawyers don't really want to take cases from poor people, unless they can be assured of some large payback. Just not going to happen. I learned that when my friend got hit by a car while she was walking across the street, and because she's poor, the other guy got off scott-free. The ONLY thing the lawyer did right was keep the other guy's insurance company from trying to bill my friend 'for damaging his car'. Grrr.. I have very little respect for lawyers now. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita *** Not all lawyers are scumbags, but a great many of them are. I worked for a lawyer for four years. During that time, I came into contact with quite a few lawyers. There were only two of them I would really trust. One was the man I worked for. He's in his 80s and still practicing. A friend of mine recently passed the bar, and I trust her. Otherwise, I'd have nobody to go to once the man I worked for retires. Joy Joy |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
"Winnie" wrote in message ... On Nov 8, 12:34 pm, "jmcquown" wrote: I'm very upset. They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a simple phone call. Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. John keeps telling me I can do this. Present a strong case and win them over. I'm not as confident in myself as he is. Meanwhile I have to figure out where to get this money. Because I don't want to have to move again. Where would I go? There's no place I can actually call "home". Being a military brat has left me with nothing. Dammit! I thought I'd never have to move again. This is driving me crazy. I can't sleep. I can't eat. I'm very upset. Jill Did the lawyer say why he won't take your case? Is he too busy or he thinks you don't have much of a case? I feel for you. Winnie Lawyers are greedy, just like everyone else. I met with a junior associate. His boss is the lead counsel and he said if I'm not willing to take the associaition through a court battle (at the cost of potentially thousands of dollars) then he isn't interested. I can't afford that. I have a case, I just can't afford to have them drag this thing out until I die. So... I may put the house on the market anyway. And if so, I'll seriously underprice it. Anyone want to buy a house for $70,000? LOL That will drive all the property way down. There are tons of houses for sale here. I really don't think they want the property values to go down like that. Maybe they'll be willing to negotiate a deal over this stupid club membership. Jill |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
Jane wrote:
Because life is nothing like a tv show, and lawyers don't really want to take cases from poor people, unless they can be assured of some large payback. Just not going to happen. I learned that when my friend got hit by a car while she was walking across the street, and because she's poor, the other guy got off scott-free. The ONLY thing the lawyer did right was keep the other guy's insurance company from trying to bill my friend 'for damaging his car'. Grrr.. I have very little respect for lawyers now. Well, the lawyer certainly isn't an altruist, is he? But wow, the insurance company is the real scumbag here. "Damaging his car"?? -- Joyce |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
On Nov 8, 11:34*am, "jmcquown" wrote:
I'm very upset. *They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a simple phone call. *Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. John keeps telling me I can do this. *Present a strong case and win them over. *I'm not as confident in myself as he is. Meanwhile I have to figure out where to get this money. *Because I don't want to have to move again. *Where would I go? *There's no place I can actually call "home". *Being a military brat has left me with nothing. Dammit! *I thought I'd never have to move again. This is driving me crazy. *I can't sleep. *I can't eat. *I'm very upset. Jill I'm sorry you're upset, Jill. I think John is right -- present your own case. My daughter did; and won; however, it wasn't an issue nearly of the magnitude you have. She only have to convince them that having four cats inside the house was not going to impact the "neighborhood" in any way, shape or form. What's the going rate for attorney fees now? The last time we used an attorney for anything IIRC it was $150 an hour. If the case turned out to be a lenghty process, you could very well spend more on attorney fees than several years' worth of HOA fee nonsense. But still, there's a principle here, and what they're doing is just plain wrong. Sherry |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
On Nov 8, 10:54*am, Jane wrote:
Because life is nothing like a tv show, and lawyers don't really want to take cases from poor people, unless they can be assured of some large payback. Back in 1993 Dave and me got unfairly dismissed big time about the time my dad died so his solicitor was prepared to hear me out free of charge (he was making a bomb from sorting out what was a very basic "shared" will i.e. if dad died beofre mum she got everything and vice versa) he agreed I had a case a very strong one but told me I;d need to retain a barrister and could I get £200-£500 together for a start just for that? At the time the dole had decided subject to us winning appeal (We did) we could live on £27 a week so we had to let it drop I think one of my favourite memories of my mum is the morning after she died we went back to her place and my middle brother who was closest to her opened the file where she kept all all paperwork and on top was an envelope addressed to him which contained a little card inside of which she'd instructed that after all the money was sorted out she wanted this sum and that sum to go to various grandchildren/ step grandchildren and he collapsed saying "She knew she was dying" Later on my youngest brother told me she'd written that card 2 or so years before after discussing it with him. She said she couldn't discuss it with my middle brother simply because he wouldn't have it and kept saying "You'll out live us all!" but since as she so charmingly put it to my youngest brother "You're the coldest least emotional bast**d I know" Did he think if she wrote it out my other brother would carry out her instructions? My brother replied "Of course he would but to be sure you could always add a codicil to your will" And she calmly replied "That bast**d (insert name of family solicitor) woud charge me a fortune just to do something as simple as that!And I wouldnt give the him a penny more than I have to" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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(OT) The Lawyer Won't take my case
jmcquown wrote: I'm very upset. They won't take my case against the HOA, not even to make a simple phone call. Looks like I'm going to have to present the case before the board myself. Sounds as though you chose an honest lawyer, at least! The problem with HOA's is that THEY hold all the cards - more and more, since they've become common in "normal" housing developments, as well as condominiums. I'm sure your parents had no intention of embroiling their heirs in the situation you find yourself in, but people don't always read all the fine print in contracts. (And if something SOUNDS outrageous, they assume it couldn't possibly mean what it says - how many people found themselves stuck with mortgage payments escalating to amounts they couldn't afford, because they didn't understand what "APR" meant, and their realtors didn't explain?) Sometimes one just has to weigh the likelihood of winning against the cost of fighting, and choose the lesser of two evils. When that niece of mine stole $55,000 of CD's from me, the district attorney in the small Wisconsin town where that bank was located thought I would probably have won a judgment against her in a civil suit, since I had good evidence that it WAS my money. (I was the primary account-holder and had been paying tax on the income for years.) Unfortunately, she had managed to get her name on the documents as "joint owner" (she had childhood friends who worked in that bank - but I had no way of proving they helped her), so I couldn't just have her arrested. A civil suit would have meant hiring an attorney back there, appearing in court for any scheduled trial dates (which would have involved travel from California, and hotel bills for my stay there), with no guarantee that I'd get my money without a garnishee on her wages (and she could have simply quit her job, meaning MORE legal fees). Even if I'd won the lawsuits, it seemed like sending good money after bad, so I'm just out the money (and none of her kids or her brother and sister are speaking to me, anymore). If I sometimes sound a bit prejudiced against "born again" Christians, she's the reason, since she claims to be one - I'm just hoping her beliefs are correct, because if so, I think she'll have a nasty surprise waiting when she reaches those "pearly gates"! |
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