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LEGAL MALPRACTICE

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I SUED A CUSTOMER OF OURS FOR NON PAYMENT OF A $4000.00 BILL.
THE CLIENT INCORRECTLY INSTALLED OUR PRODUCT, USING HIS OWN INSTALLERS, ERGO, OUR PRODUCT DIDNT FIT DUE TO CLIENT'S ACTIONS.
I WAS GOING TO A JP. COURT PRO SE UNTIL MY USUAL LAW FIRM FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AND SAID, ''LET US USE THIS YOUNG, NEW ATTORNEY TO ALLOW HIM TO ''PRACTICE LITIGATE'' THIS CASE BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLE. WE ÁGREED TO PAY THIS NEW ATTORNEY WHO HAD NO TRIAL EXPERIENCE, $500.00.
DURING THE CLOSING AT JP COURT, , OUR ATTORNEY REQUESTED $5,800.00 AS AN AWARD TO PLAINTIFF WHICH WAS IN EXCESS OF THE COURT'S ALLOWABLE $5,000.00 MAXIMUM. THE JUDGE GAVE MY ATTY ANOTHER CHANCE TO AMEND HIS REQUEST AND MY ATTORNEY MISSED THE HINT AND WE WERE DISMISSED BECAUSE WE WENT OVER THE LIMIT THE COURT COULD AWARD.
UPON QUESTIONING, MY ATTORNEYS SAID, 'WE'LL JUST APPEAL IT TO THE COUNTY COURT WHERE WE LOST MISERABLY AND ENDED UP OWING THE DEFENDANT APPROXIMATELY $24,000.00. THIS OUTCOME WAS AN AMAZING RESULT OF MALPRACTICE.
 


ALawyer

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The kid certainly made an error. But that is NOT why you lost your case, and certainly not why you lost the counterclaim for more than you'd sued for.

Absent some assurance you would have won $5,000, you seem to have another loser coming up.
 

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