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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
yep won one(lawyer friend of our family stole money from me after my mom died..got him disbarred also) and lost other(I still think the dealership paid off the judge..long story, I might tell it sometime)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Nope.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
yes, i sued someone there and even won. but, a lot of good it did me. i still don't have the judgement after 25 years. the defendent didn't show up at court and apparently no one goes after them.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
No (but I did go to regular court once as a character witness).

Vee
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02-23-2004

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no

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
no

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
No.

My only court experience is being on about 10 juries and the day I got divorced.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Nope.

Just one jury duty (boring trial), one divorce (mine), and about a dozen guardianship hearing testimonies (for work).

Wink
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10-06-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wink a private message Print Post    
Nada

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
no

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
War, did they try and garnish his wages??? Did you know you have to refile a judgement evry 10 yrs or it goes away??? I got some of my money back from state bar but the lawyer still owed me 7000...it earns 10% interest every year...he is such a loser that 2 other agencies had all ready garnished...no more money for me to garnish but I will file every 10 yrs until there is money to garnish..the piece of shit

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Nope.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
yep, my old suburban supposedly needed a new a/c compressor. they put in 3 new ones and it quit cooling. it had always cooled, it just made a moaning and groaning noise when the a/c was on. turns out i found a bulletin (2 years old) that said the a/c hoses in my year's suburban made a 'moaning and groaning noise' and to replace a hose with a nitrile hose and everything would be fine. a 9 dollar part. well, i asked for my original compressor to be put back on and they had dumped it. the third time they replaced a compressor, they put a hole in my radiator.

i sued for the 480 bucks for the new compressor that i didn't need to start with and 250 for a new radiator.
the lady who owned the dealership was about 80. the judge was about 80. they were old family from this town and i was a newbie. they lived on the same old money street. the old lady said, 'your honor, the car had a lot of miles on it when she bought it. it was not a great car and of course things would go wrong with it.' i said, 'for what's supposedly now a hunk of junk, you sure were asking a lot of money!' everyone laughed.
the judge had to take our case home to decide it. i was sure i would lose. (i had also seen the guy naked in the e.r. where i worked as an e.m.t., and had teased him about his gown with the teddy bears on it as opposed to his officious black robes. i was pretty sure i was dead meat!)

anyway, i get a card saying i have won the money for the compressor but there was no proof their working in the area 3 times had damaged the radiator. they had 30 days to pay me. the old lady waited until the 30th day and had someone just stick in it my mailbox without postage (which is against the law, but at least i got about 530 bucks for the compressor and court costs).

and that hunk of junk only had 126,000 miles on it when i got it, which is almost nothing for a gmc truck) and i drove it for 6 years and i still see the person who bought it from the person who bought it from me driving it 10 years later!

and my current suburban is a '93 with 130,000 miles and i am sure it will go for another 130k with no major problems. although i would like a chrysler pacifica some day! :-)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Pamy, I'm lost, lol! Oh! Just went back and read, I'm guessing that was directed towards Cnd.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
War, don't you know everything?

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

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no

Pamy
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01-02-2002

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War, LOL yep! it was for Cnd!!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Nope.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

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Yes appeared in court on behalf of a woman I knew from where I used to live who was charged with Child Abuse by her 16 yr old daughter. I knew she had not done it. Her daughter was trying to seek attention at the time and later recanted the charges. Tne woman got off and a few years later I heard her and her daughter reconciled.

I also sued my ex boyfriend in small claims for the 1500.00 he owed me. I won however, he never showed, in court and he moved four times as well as dissolved his business with his partner so I never got the money. His new girlfriend called me once to tell me that he was a jerk and that he was cheating on her. I was like well why is he still there as he was in the background as I could hear him trying to stop her from calling. Anyway he gets on the phone and then tries to get a phone number of one of my friends. I told him do I have stupid written all over me? I then asked him about my money and he told me he would pay. He never did. I tried suing again and the papers to serve him were returned as undeliverable so I am not sure where he is. Under Canadian rules I can't sue him if the courts can't find him (Under Small Claims) since it is not a criminal matter.

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

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No

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

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Nope

Jhonise
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07-10-2003

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no

Jagger
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08-07-2002

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Yes, with not very good results. It still gets under my skin everytime I think of it. It gives me a really bad taste for the legal system in the good ole USofA.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

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Good morning everyone. Hope you're all enjoying a nice Sunday morning. :-)

Here are the results of: Have you ever gone to small claims court?
Yes6
No22


Today's question is: What game(s) did you like to play as a child?

I really liked Hide and Seek, except every time I would get hidden, I would immediately have to pee. Doesn't matter if I had just gone, I would still have to pee. I'm sure you all wanted to know that right?

I also really enjoyed the board game Clue.


Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Sunday, February 26, 2006 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OMG, I'm not sure I can remember that far back! I always enjoyed Monopoly. And I loved card games (Go Fish, then more adult games like Gin Rummy). I remember playing Chutes and Ladders a lot as a kid. Oh yeah... Yahtzee!! One of my favorite games, as a kid and as an adult!

There was also a card game that was sorta French. An automobile/autobahn game. That for the life of me I cannot remember the name. Mil Borne? Something like that.