- Going to Small Claims Court
If you're entangled in an unresolved dispute and mediation is out of the question, consider settling the matter in small claims court, which is especially useful for payment disputes.
- Taking Your Tenant to Small Claims Court
Unfortunately, in your career as a landlord, you will probably have occasion to take one of your tenants to small claims court. It may be because they have breached their lease or damaged your property, and negotiating with your tenant has failed. Maybe you have even attempted mediation, without success....
- Filing Appeals and Other Post-Trial Proceedings
Filing appeals and other post-trial proceedings are very complicated and can be very expensive. They are driven by complex and numerous rules and procedures. Therefore, with the exception of small claims court appeals, it is always advisable to hire an attorney to represent you on appeal or with other post-trial ......
- Small Claims Court Basics
Small claims courts exist for the purpose of resolving simple disputes quickly and economically, and they are considered courts of limited jurisdiction. Parties are typically not represented by attorneys in small claims court actions. The procedures in small claims court are much more informal than in other types of litigation....
- Annual survey of fidelity and surety law, 2001 - part I
HEADNOTE This roundup of recent cases covers public and private constructions bonds, fidelity and financial institution bonds, and sureties' remedies I. PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BONDS A. Bonds under Federal Laws 1. Procedural Federal government's suit against Miller Act surety for additional costs of completion barred by six year statute of limitations....
- In re a (children): In the Royal Courts of Justice (England)
HEADNOTE In Re A (Children): In the Royal Courts of Justice (England)* HEADNOTE HELD: The proposed operation to separate conjoined twins resulting in the death of one of the twins is lawful. Although Mary's death is foreseeable as an inevitable consequence of the operation, the invasive surgery is intended and ......
- Let's Be Honest: A Critical Analysis of Florida Bar v. Wohl and the Generally Inconsistent Approach Toward Witness Inducement Agreements in Civil and Criminal Cases
I. INTRODUCTION Model Rule 3.4(b) provides, "A lawyer shall not. . . offer an inducement to a witness that is prohibited by law."1 Applying the state's analogous rule,2 the Supreme Court of Florida suspended an attorney for ninety days in Florida Bar v. Wohl3 after the attorney drafted and negotiated ......