What is the law, my friend got a cell phone as a gift?

Question

from a friend, they had a falling out so phone got returned within 2 months, now they are taken legal action to have her pay for the bill. what will happen?

along with being a gift it was made clear that no bill would come to her ~~

Answer 1

Nothing. The person who signed up for the contract gave their SS# and information, and signed on for liability. If you friend did the signing, then they would be liable for any charges incurred. If the phone and service was a gift, then no judge will make your friend pay for it.

Answer 2

even though a cell phone is given as a gift, the calls made are the responsibility of the person making the calls, or receiving the calls on the phone.
To think the giver of the gift should be responsible is like someone giving a car as a gift, and being expected to cover the gas and upkeep.
Personal responsibility is the issue.
Unless there is something in writing that says she is not liable for the bills, she will owe.

Answer 3

The "gift" was probably given so that the two parties could keep in touch. When the falling out occured, the cell phone should have immediately been returned.

The afternoon small court situations exactly like this on TV have shown the judge to favor the person bringing the complaint over the defendent. In other words, I would tell your friend to be ready to shell out for the two months she used the phone after the dissolution of the friendship.

Answer 4

Whoever's name is on the account is the one who is responsible for the phone and they are just g-d naive if they didn't realize that to begin with. By signing that form, they take legal responsibility for the bill.

Now, if there were some kind of agreement (even verbal) that your friend would pay the bill, they may have a case. However, if they just gave her the phone, she didn't have to pay the bill, and are now taking her to court just because they aren't friends, too bad for the idiot who signed up for the phone.