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My husband and I are representing ourselves in a lawsuit against a lawyer for attorney fees. We are disputing the fees based on the lack of representation we received that actually cost us money and discrepencies and/or mistakes on the billing, which he will not even acknowledge. He filed a claim, then we filed an answer and counterclaim.
After that he sent us Requests for Admissions, Interrogatories and Production of Documents. We answered all and sent the same to him. He then filed a Motion to Strike (Our request for Admissions), a Motion for Protective Order (all of our Discovery Requests) and a Motion for Summary Judgment using our Admission answers as basis. We answered all of the Motions in Opposition. The hearing for all Motions was this past Monday, although oral arguments were only done on the Motion for Summary Judgment.
Yesterday we received from the Judge an Order stating that the lawyer's "Motion for Summary Judgment is not well taken and hereby denied". But he did not address the other two motions. So my questions are;
What does the term "is not well taken" mean?
Will he send separate letters about the other 2 Motions?
Is there something the Judge files that explains why he made the ruling he did?
What happens after this?
Any help or guidance would be appreciated.
My husband and I are representing ourselves in a lawsuit against a lawyer for attorney fees. We are disputing the fees based on the lack of representation we received that actually cost us money and discrepencies and/or mistakes on the billing, which he will not even acknowledge. He filed a claim, then we filed an answer and counterclaim.
After that he sent us Requests for Admissions, Interrogatories and Production of Documents. We answered all and sent the same to him. He then filed a Motion to Strike (Our request for Admissions), a Motion for Protective Order (all of our Discovery Requests) and a Motion for Summary Judgment using our Admission answers as basis. We answered all of the Motions in Opposition. The hearing for all Motions was this past Monday, although oral arguments were only done on the Motion for Summary Judgment.
Yesterday we received from the Judge an Order stating that the lawyer's "Motion for Summary Judgment is not well taken and hereby denied". But he did not address the other two motions. So my questions are;
What does the term "is not well taken" mean?
Will he send separate letters about the other 2 Motions?
Is there something the Judge files that explains why he made the ruling he did?
What happens after this?
Any help or guidance would be appreciated.