A company owes me $3,000 for furniture they never delivered from May 2006. I do not want to go to court, but at this point, I see no other option. (I even requested a BBB mediator to no avail).
My question is two-fold. #1 Could I send a demand letter to the furniture company stating that if they do not settle out of court and should they be found guilty in court—they will owe me an additional $1000 for court fees, transportation, lawyer fees, and missed work.
#2 Secondly, would the court support this and if so what is the best way to go about presenting my NJ case.
2006-11-16 00:00:34 · 4 answers · asked by Jack Daniels 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
(1) Send the demand letter, requesting your $$ back; however, do not say that you will request punitive damages if they do not settle, give them a time limit to respond say 1 month to 6 weeks, then file suit. (2) if you sue, then ask for court cost and lawyer fees (missed work and transportationcannot be recovered under the law)and ask for punitive damages (do not specify an amount, the court might give you more or less than the $1000.00 you are seeking ) the court can award punitive damages if the actions of the company was wrong. I WOULD CHECK AND SEE IF THIS COULD BE TAKEN TO A NJ SMALL CLAIMS COURT, THAT WAY YOU WOULD NOT NEED AN ATTORNEY.
2006-11-16 00:17:06 · answer #1 · answered by bettyswestbrook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi George,
You got the right ideas, but you are looking in the wrong place. . . . . perhaps you need to be asking an attorney as a big difference between peoples opinions, and legal counsel, when it comes to matters of the law.
Initial consultation is no charge. If they will take your case, you have already won.
Be sure to sue for attorney fees, court costs, and punitive damages. If you can get a jury trial, you could sue for millions, and probably get it.
Go get em tiger,
Darryl S.
2006-11-16 08:07:14 · answer #2 · answered by Stingray 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can sue for all of your expenses as well. You may be best off if their is a small-claims court in your jurisdiction, as the cases are decided a lot faster and no lawyers are generally allowed
2006-11-16 08:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by Chief BaggageSmasher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can sue the for the court fees also
2006-11-16 08:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋