Joe Blow filed a lawsuit against me for slander and libel. I had 20 days to respond to the courts of Florida which I did. They received the response 12/22/07. Joe Blow received his copy 12/24/07. Today 12/29/07 I receive a letter from Joe Blow (plaintiff) wanting me to contact HIM to set up a time for a deposition with HIS lawyer. 1. I haven't heard anything else from there court concerning my response. 2. Shouldn't I receive something from the court stating that there will be an actual case? 3. Shouldn't I receive a summons from his lawyer concerning the deposition? 4. I am in GA and he is in FL. 5. Shouldn't I receive something from the courts saying there is an actual case? I don't think I should have to talk to Joe Blow at all. Please help if you can. Thank you and many blessings for the New Year.
2007-12-29 07:49:50 · 4 answers · asked by msjventi1 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Set an appointment for the deposition and do not wait for the reply from the court.
2007-12-29 07:59:58 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Joe Blow should not be contacting you directly anyway. The correct way would be for his attorney to contact you via a subpoena or summons to be present for a deposition. This can be usual sent via cerified mail or through local law enforcement. As far as being a actual case that is a giving when you received the summons. Based on the type of issue you stated I highly recoomend that you contact a attorney. Filing a answer does not make the case go away at all, but only serves as a response to the complaint that should have been with the summons. If you fail to act on time as each issue arises during this suite or fail to make a hearing the plaintiff can obtain a default judgement against you. The best route is to contact a attorney and provide him a complete copy of the papers served on you, all copies of letters etc, and a copy of what you sent to the courts already. Hopefully you sent everyone who was required to receive the answer to the complaint a copy or it did not do you any good to send one. Most courts require one to be sent to the clerk of court and one to the attorney that is handling the suite against you.
2007-12-29 13:27:27 · answer #2 · answered by gregory 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, ignore anything from Joe himself. He is represented by an attorney and the attorney will contact you about scheduling a deposition if one is needed. You will receive a subpoena from his attorney once the depo is scheduled.
The court will generally not communicate with you (and it hasn't yet). The original summons was served by Joe's attorney, not the court. The summons, with the complaint attached, is notification that an actual suit exists.
Please do not take this as an insult because it is not meant as one, but from your questions, I can tell you do not understand the basics of how the legal process works. Without help you will almost certainly lose our case. You need to contact an attorney who is licensed to practice law in Florida. You can find one at the link below. There are plenty of them in Atlanta, but without knowing where you are, it may be easier (and cheaper) to find one in the city where the court is located.
2007-12-29 08:59:15 · answer #3 · answered by mcmufin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any observe for deposition might desire to come from opposing tips on your tips. Then your lawyer gets with you and ensure the time and date are stable for you; i.e., perchance you're having surgical operation that day and cant attend? they can't purely compel you to happen no longer understanding if youre even going to have the potential to. (I propose, the CAN compel you, yet that's what a observe of deposition is for, to schedule an appropriate date and time to seem). Theres greater to scheduling a deposition than in basic terms a pair human beings showing up. you are going to be able to desire to have a deposition area. you are going to be able to desire to have a courtroom reporter. you are going to be able to desire to have all events present day. which skill your lawyer, his lawyer and the two one in each of you. Discovery has to have taken place. Interrogatories might desire to have been accomplished. Papers might desire to have been filed with the courtroom and you had to have been served with papers - or there is not any lawsuit. And undergo in innovations, for this guy to win his case against you, he has to have the potential to show that what you stated against him is untrue AND that he exchange into harmed in some tangible way by utilizing what you stated. in case you referred to as the guy a jerk, his pals might desire to okay say that he's not a jerk, yet you additionally can locate sufficient human beings to declare he's a jerk that he might have not have been given any case. despite if all and sundry agreed he exchange into no longer a jerk different than for you, he might nevertheless might desire to have been harmed in some tangible way. You referred to as him a jerk and as a results of this, human beings stopped going to his keep to purchase his widgets, as a results of fact after all, he's a jerk. Get it? i desire you at the instant are not attempting to symbolize your self in this count. "a guy who represents himself in courtroom has a fool for a shopper." Time to lawyer up. desire this helps.
2016-10-09 09:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by roser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋