loconnemaras
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
A small claims case was recently filed against someone for collection of expenses for services rendered. The day papers were served, the Dr. filing the case got a call from an attorney who claimed to be a long time friend of the person being sued for collection. He informed the Dr. that he would come after her, the woman who works for her and myself who represented the owner as her agent at the time services were performed and cause us all to have to pay a great amount in attorney fees if she did not dissmiss the case without predjudice.
The claim is legitimate, the person who failed to pay the bill submitted it to her insurance company for payment and recieved payment from them and then pocketed it instead of paying the bill. I believe the attorney in question knows the Dr will be awarded payment and so is trying to threaten her to withdraw.
Should I file a complaint with the CA bar and what if anything will that accomplish? None of us are interested in being sued for whatever reason he may come up with and if filing a compaint will not prevent that then he has all three of us in a corner. If the Dr. goes ahead and collects on the debt he will retaliate somehow and cost the Dr. more money than collected, he will go after her employee and myself as well. It is all so outrageously bizzare and I feel very strongly that he has threatened myself and the Dr and probably caused irrepairable damage to my relationship with the Dr.
A small claims case was recently filed against someone for collection of expenses for services rendered. The day papers were served, the Dr. filing the case got a call from an attorney who claimed to be a long time friend of the person being sued for collection. He informed the Dr. that he would come after her, the woman who works for her and myself who represented the owner as her agent at the time services were performed and cause us all to have to pay a great amount in attorney fees if she did not dissmiss the case without predjudice.
The claim is legitimate, the person who failed to pay the bill submitted it to her insurance company for payment and recieved payment from them and then pocketed it instead of paying the bill. I believe the attorney in question knows the Dr will be awarded payment and so is trying to threaten her to withdraw.
Should I file a complaint with the CA bar and what if anything will that accomplish? None of us are interested in being sued for whatever reason he may come up with and if filing a compaint will not prevent that then he has all three of us in a corner. If the Dr. goes ahead and collects on the debt he will retaliate somehow and cost the Dr. more money than collected, he will go after her employee and myself as well. It is all so outrageously bizzare and I feel very strongly that he has threatened myself and the Dr and probably caused irrepairable damage to my relationship with the Dr.