Taking a business owner to SCC multiple times for different invoices

[quincy]

bluelink will want to check the dates on the invoices. He said he has invoices that cover "a few years."

There is a 6 year limitations period for contract and property damage claims.

Invoices younger than 6 years old will
need to be consolidated and totaled, to see if the total amount is below $3000, the small claims limit.

 

[bluelink]

All,

The Maritime Law sounded interesting but it does not apply to me at all.

The bills are younger then 6 years old and the range from 1,500 to 22,000. In total I am over 100,000. So I would love to go to court with a lawyer but as I previously stated, I cannot find the right lawyer and I do not have time or any more money to tie up in a legal battle.

The "the entire controversy doctrine" is what I am trying to avoid by going to SCC and trying to recover more then just 3,000 of my 100,000. So by going to SCC and wining or loosing a 3,000 case do I give up my right to sue him again?

 

[Zigner]

All,

The Maritime Law sounded interesting but it does not apply to me at all.

The bills are younger then 6 years old and the range from 1,500 to 22,000. In total I am over 100,000. So I would love to go to court with a lawyer but as I previously stated, I cannot find the right lawyer and I do not have time or any more money to tie up in a legal battle.

The "the entire controversy doctrine" is what I am trying to avoid by going to SCC and trying to recover more then just 3,000 of my 100,000. So by going to SCC and wining or loosing a 3,000 case do I give up my right to sue him again?

Let me get this straight:

You believe you are owed $100,000
You don't want to use an attorney, so you'd rather do it in small claims court and, quite possibly, be capped at $3,000 for the entire range of claims.

Is that right?

For $100k, talk to (and probably hire) an attorney.

 

[quincy]

All,

The Maritime Law sounded interesting but it does not apply to me at all.

The bills are younger then 6 years old and the range from 1,500 to 22,000. In total I am over 100,000. So I would love to go to court with a lawyer but as I previously stated, I cannot find the right lawyer and I do not have time or any more money to tie up in a legal battle.

The "the entire controversy doctrine" is what I am trying to avoid by going to SCC and trying to recover more then just 3,000 of my 100,000. So by going to SCC and wining or loosing a 3,000 case do I give up my right to sue him again?

I recommend you get at least a free consultation (or two of three) with an attorney in your area, or seek out some low cost assistance at a legal aid clinic.

The amount of money you say you are owed is too great to toss the bulk of it away by heading to small claims.

Good luck.

 

[Zigner]

One has to wonder why you kept going to the same boatyard for years if you were so dissatisfied.

 

[Mass_Shyster]

I cannot find the right lawyer and I do not have time or any more money to tie up in a legal battle.

How hard have you looked? It sounds like an attorney who specialized in consumer protection laws may be appropriate. NJ allows for treble damages plus attorney fees for "consumer fraud", which seems to cover an awful lot of things.