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I'd have a hard time scrounging up 15k, so I look at it a bit differently. I'd likely take the lawyer's advice and at least try to recoup the costs, but only the costs. The cow felt no repercussions from this false claim, and you got bent over. If there were a possibilty of dealing with this cow and the courts some time in the future, I'd worry about a judge asking me why I didn't at least try to get reimbursed for the costs of a bogus restraining order. Actually getting any blood from the turnip would be secondary.
Just my .02. Best of luck, gunner.
Sweet Jesus this thread is horrible... damn there's a lot of greedy asshats out there in this world!
Sounds like your Dad has a pretty darn good son!
Sweet Jesus this thread is horrible... damn there's a lot of greedy asshats out there in this world!
To answer more specifically, my lawyer wants to sue them for "wrongful use of civil proceedings" but I said no.
You, sir, are a better man than I.
Family or not, once the police were involved, my guns taken, a restraining order under false pretenses made I would have rode that boat until it sank with everyone on it.
Sure, everyone would remember the jerkoff in the family that sued...but nobody is going to remember you for NOT persuing this and I'm sure that there are even some family members that are taking her side.
The last three years I've learned a harsh truth...the nice guys gets shat on all the time. Luckily you saw her guesture to "borrow" the car for what it was (sounds like you've had some dealings with her in this area in the past). But 15K later? To me, that's months of work...months of paychecks and hard earned money that someone stole from you by telling a lie in an attempt to steal something else.
Mainly this reply is to vent. I see my wife getting taken advantage of all the time...I've loaned money to "friends" just to watch them dissapear and change their numbers and an Army buddy throw away our friendship over $300 (the cost he agreed to pay for my 87 camero but took off after I gave him the title).
Like I said, you are a better man that I.
Thanks, but I want my life back. A lawsuit can drag on for months and if appealed, years. They already messed up my life once and I'm not going to waste any more of my life being daily angry, seeing lawyers, appearing in court, etc. I have better things to do. When you're involved in something like this, you can't sleep, it's never off your mind...
It ain't worth it to let them keep me tied up in this. I want to be away from them and work on being happy again.
The only people that win in court are the lawyers!
The only people that win in court are the lawyers!
Gunner, I respect what you and your wife have been doing to watch out for Dad. Luckily, you can afford to chip in cash. Since your dad is tight on cash flow for his later years, consider the positives of a reverse mortgage. You can free up the equity of his home for either a monthly check - something like an annuity - or if needed a lump sum or a combination. Depending on his age and equity of the home determines how much a monthly check is available. Then when it comes time to sell the home, the balance is repaid.
Holy cow! $15,000.00?:huh:
I think you were also the victim of being charged excessive attorney fees
100k isn't much because medicare doesn't pay for nursing homes if he needs it, at about $6k per month. If he runs out of money medicaid would pay, but then we keep reading in the paper about that being cut back so who knows? I may wind up paying that too.
You're lucky he's got the Medicare. Let's hope Medicaid doesn't get cut. Where would a guy like your father be without government health care?