Can I really be sued for 70 dollars?

Question

Can I really be sued for 70 dollars? Psycho stalker is trying to piss me off?
A crazy girl I went out with a few times says that she is going to call her attorney and sue me for 70 dollars. The money comes from a train we took from D.C. to Baltimore. All I ever told her (when we were on good terms) is I would make it up to her. Never said I would pay it.
Now she is saying that if I don't give her the money for the ticket that she will sue me.
Ever since she found out about my new girlfriend, she has been harrassing me and making threats.
I am beyond irritated and told her that I would mail her the money just to get her off my back.
However, she won't give me her address. She wants to meet in person, but I have no desire to do so. She is just wanting to cause trouble and I am not down with that.
Does she really have a leg to stand on? She says if I don't meet her tommorow, which I can't (I am in Ohio), she will call her attorney and sue (or humiliate me) as she said. Maybe I should file

Answer 1

For your main question, the answer is "yes, she CAN sue you." Whether she will or not is another matter. It would cost her a lot more than $70 to sue...AND she would likely lose unless she could prove (usually in writing) that you made a promise to pay for the ticket. My personal opinion is that she wouldn't have a case.

Now to the matter of her stalking you: You could definitely get a restraining order based on her actions as you have described them. If you feel that she will not cease in the near future, I would pursue this route.

Answer 2

She could sue you in small claims court if she wanted to, but it would cost her at least $50 in fees, probably more. I suggest you ignore her, let her sue you, and then send her the money after she files the lawsuit, that way you don't have to go to court. Whether or not you actually owe her the money, you'll be held in contempt of court if you don't show up and don't pay her.

Answer 3

Call her bluff. If she sued you for it, it would have to be in small claims court, where she would not be allowed to have a lawyer. You would also have to be personally served with legal papers (not by her) and those papers would contain her address. My advice is to say "sue me," and if she does, send her a check when you get those papers and be done with her. If she doesn't sue you, then get a restraining order.

Answer 4

She can sue you for $70 and your indicating that you would pay her for it just to get her off your back means she is likely to be able to prove her case by the preponderance of the evidence; however, you also indicate that you offerred to send her the money, but she won't give her address, which shows that you tried to settle the matter amicably without involving the Courts.

If she contact any attorney and relays the above, they are going to advise her she needs to provide you an address to send a money order to or go through an escrow agent like Western Union to hold for her to pick up at one of their locations, Paypal (through the internet, but would need email address...you could make up one on Yahoo just for this specific purpose and open an account then close both afterwards) or mail to the attorney's office on her behalf.

If she did file the suit in Small Claims Court, you can file a countersuit that she be responsible for all filing, Court and attorney fees, if any as you agreed you would pay her the $70 just to get her off of your back, but you did not want any further contact and she refused to provide you with an address or escrow agent.

Most landlines and cell phones where you can block a caller's # (may cost a few dollars though). The next time she calls, tell her to provide you with a means by which you can sent the money, but she is not to call or contact you anymore; if she refuses to provide a method by which you can send her the money, then have her attorney call you to make arrangements otherwise, she is not to contact you anymore, then block her number on the phones and if she calls from another phone, block those too.

If you open the Yahoo email account to make arrangements to Paypal the money to her and she sends you nasty, harrassing emails because she can't reach you by phone anymore, prior to setting up a Paypal account on her end to receive the money, be sure to print them off because e-mails can be used against her in Court should you end up having to file a request for a restraining order against her.

Don't e-mail her back anything, ever, other than, I agreed to pay her the $80 just to get her off your back, you need to open a Paypal account and receive the money and you wish no other contact with her and she needs to move on with her life. If she have that e-mail it can show show you have tried to stick to the facts, evidence that you tried to pay and she did not comply.

The Judge is not going to be interested in anything other than the facts in the matter at hand and will stop her cold if she just tried to bring up stuff to try to "humiliate" you just to get her digs in and will not look on her kindly for taking this Court when it was not necessary and will not allow her to recoup any filing, Court or attorney fees and but may throw the entire matter out entirely.

Answer 5

Yes, she can sue you for 70 dollars. The lawyer, of course, will cost more than that per hour.

It also sounds like you have grounds for a restraining order.

Answer 6

first thing you do is get a restraining order to stop the harassment. secondly, she could sue you in small claims court for the $70 + processing, legal, and court fees, but usually the costs to chance a trial for such a small amount deters people from even bothering. finally, if you go to court, she has to give some really damning evidence to support her claims. otherwise she'll be the one in trouble. if her case is found to be frivulous(sp?), you can counter-sue her for legal and court fees, plus lost wages for have to miss work for the court date. (<> some stuff varies from state to state though)

Answer 7

Sue you? Thats ridiculous. You should get a restraining order, she's just doing this to be able to keep a connection with you. She's a nut.